#36A8CF#36A8CF

#36A8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.114 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8CF
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -18.74, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 34.49, 237.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.08 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.114 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7818, 33.2914, 64.0338)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8CF #CF5D36

analogous

#36CFA9 #36A8CF #365BCF

triadic

#36A8CF #CF36A8 #A8CF36

tetradic

#36A8CF #A936CF #CF5D36 #5BCF36

square

#36A8CF #A936CF #CF5D36 #5BCF36

split-complementary

#36A8CF #CF365B #CFA936

monochromatic

#1B5A70 #2782A1 #36A8CF #67BDDB #99D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#36A8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#36A8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8CF

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8CF	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E96CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.114 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2dd',
    500: '#36a8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8cf;
$custom-light: #82c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68527,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8CF

secondary

#D2A08F

accent

#6C43E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8CF

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

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