#36A9C5#36A9C5

#36A9C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.107 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9C5
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 197)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -22.51, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 32.56, 226.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0848 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.107 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7831, 33.1884, 57.8596)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9C5 #C55236

analogous

#36C59A #36A9C5 #3662C5

triadic

#36A9C5 #C536A9 #A9C536

tetradic

#36A9C5 #9A36C5 #C55236 #62C536

square

#36A9C5 #9A36C5 #C55236 #62C536

split-complementary

#36A9C5 #C53662 #C59A36

monochromatic

#1C5765 #298095 #36A9C5 #64BED4 #94D2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36A9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#36A9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9C5

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9C5	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8396C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.107 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2d6',
    500: '#36a9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9c5;
$custom-light: #81c2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.748,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68334,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9C5

secondary

#CD978A

accent

#6548E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9C5

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

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