#36A8D3#36A8D3

#36A8D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.117 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8D3
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -17.42, -30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 35.49, 240.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0785 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.117 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2770, 33.4895, 66.6419)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8D3 #D36136

analogous

#36D3B0 #36A8D3 #365AD3

triadic

#36A8D3 #D336A8 #A8D336

tetradic

#36A8D3 #B036D3 #D36136 #5AD336

square

#36A8D3 #B036D3 #D36136 #5AD336

split-complementary

#36A8D3 #D3365A #D3B036

monochromatic

#1A5C75 #2583A7 #36A8D3 #68BEDE #9AD3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#36A8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#36A8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8D3

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8D3	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C96D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.117 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2e0',
    500: '#36a8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8d3;
$custom-light: #83c2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.433,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68706,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8D3

secondary

#D5A390

accent

#6E41E7

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8D3

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

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