#36A9C0#36A9C0

#36A9C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.105 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9C0
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 192)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 12%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -24.10, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 31.98, 221.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0868 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.105 214)
XYZ	xyz(25.2197, 32.9630, 54.8923)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9C0 #C04D36

analogous

#36C092 #36A9C0 #3664C0

triadic

#36A9C0 #C036A9 #A9C036

tetradic

#36A9C0 #9236C0 #C04D36 #64C036

square

#36A9C0 #9236C0 #C04D36 #64C036

split-complementary

#36A9C0 #C03664 #C09236

monochromatic

#1B5560 #297F90 #36A9C0 #61C0D2 #90D3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#36A9C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#36A9C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9C0

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9C0	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.105 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3d3',
    500: '#36a9c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9c0;
$custom-light: #80c3d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68127,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.32966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9C0

secondary

#CB9287

accent

#6248DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9C0

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

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