#36A9C2#36A9C2

#36A9C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.106 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9C2
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 194)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -23.46, -22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 32.18, 223.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.086 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.106 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4428, 33.0523, 56.0673)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9C2 #C24F36

analogous

#36C295 #36A9C2 #3663C2

triadic

#36A9C2 #C236A9 #A9C236

tetradic

#36A9C2 #9536C2 #C24F36 #63C236

square

#36A9C2 #9536C2 #C24F36 #63C236

split-complementary

#36A9C2 #C23663 #C29536

monochromatic

#1B5662 #297F92 #36A9C2 #62BFD3 #92D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#36A9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#36A9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9C2

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9C2	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8495C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.106 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2d4',
    500: '#36a9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9c2;
$custom-light: #81c2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68209,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9C2

secondary

#CC9488

accent

#6348E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9C2

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

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