#36A8CE#36A8CE

#36A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.113 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8CE
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -19.07, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 34.25, 236.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0804 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.113 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6599, 33.2426, 63.3919)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8CE #CE5C36

analogous

#36CEA8 #36A8CE #365CCE

triadic

#36A8CE #CE36A8 #A8CE36

tetradic

#36A8CE #A836CE #CE5C36 #5CCE36

square

#36A8CE #A836CE #CE5C36 #5CCE36

split-complementary

#36A8CE #CE365C #CEA836

monochromatic

#1B5A6F #2782A0 #36A8CE #67BDDA #98D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36A8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#36A8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8CE

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8CE	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E96CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.113 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2dd',
    500: '#36a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8ce;
$custom-light: #82c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68482,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8CE

secondary

#D29F8E

accent

#6C44E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8CE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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