#36A8D1#36A8D1

#36A8D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.115 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8D1
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 209)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -18.08, -29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 34.97, 238.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0793 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.115 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0279, 33.3898, 65.3296)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8D1 #D15F36

analogous

#36D1AD #36A8D1 #365BD1

triadic

#36A8D1 #D136A8 #A8D136

tetradic

#36A8D1 #AD36D1 #D15F36 #5BD136

square

#36A8D1 #AD36D1 #D15F36 #5BD136

split-complementary

#36A8D1 #D1365B #D1AD36

monochromatic

#1A5B72 #2683A4 #36A8D1 #68BEDC #9AD3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#36A8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#36A8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8D1

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8D1	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A5D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D96D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.115 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2df',
    500: '#36a8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8d1;
$custom-light: #83c2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.871,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68616,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8D1

secondary

#D3A18F

accent

#6D42E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8D1

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

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