#36A9C6#36A9C6

#36A9C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.108 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9C6
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 198)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -22.19, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 32.70, 227.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0844 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.108 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8981, 33.2344, 58.4651)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9C6 #C65336

analogous

#36C69B #36A9C6 #3661C6

triadic

#36A9C6 #C636A9 #A9C636

tetradic

#36A9C6 #9B36C6 #C65336 #61C636

square

#36A9C6 #9B36C6 #C65336 #61C636

split-complementary

#36A9C6 #C63661 #C69B36

monochromatic

#1C5766 #298096 #36A9C6 #64BED5 #94D2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36A9C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#36A9C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9C6

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9C6	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8396C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.108 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2d7',
    500: '#36a9c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9c6;
$custom-light: #81c2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68376,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9C6

secondary

#CD988B

accent

#6647E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9C6

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

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