#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
RGBrgb(54, 169, 204)
HSLhsl(194, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(194, 74%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(73.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(64.58, -20.25, -27.01)
CIE-LCHlch(64.58, 33.75, 233.14°)
OKLaboklab(68.63% -0.0821 -0.0756)
OKLCHoklch(68.63% 0.112 222.6)
XYZxyz(26.6039, 33.5167, 62.1823)
Luminance0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##36A9CC1.002.737.707.70
#FFFFFF2.731.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7021.001.001.00
##0000007.7021.001.001.00

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

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#36A9CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva