#36A9CC#36A9CC

#36A9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.112 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9CC
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -20.25, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 33.75, 233.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0821 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.112 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6039, 33.5167, 62.1823)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9CC #CC5936

analogous

#36CCA4 #36A9CC #365ECC

triadic

#36A9CC #CC36A9 #A9CC36

tetradic

#36A9CC #A436CC #CC5936 #5ECC36

square

#36A9CC #A436CC #CC5936 #5ECC36

split-complementary

#36A9CC #CC365E #CCA436

monochromatic

#1B596C #28829D #36A9CC #67BED8 #98D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#36A9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#36A9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9CC

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9CC	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)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.112 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2db',
    500: '#36a9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9cc;
$custom-light: #82c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68633,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9CC

secondary

#D09D8E

accent

#6A45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9CC

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

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