#36A9CD#36A9CD

#36A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.112 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9CD
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -19.92, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 33.96, 234.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0817 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.112 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7242, 33.5648, 62.8160)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9CD #CD5A36

analogous

#36CDA6 #36A9CD #365DCD

triadic

#36A9CD #CD36A9 #A9CD36

tetradic

#36A9CD #A636CD #CD5A36 #5DCD36

square

#36A9CD #A636CD #CD5A36 #5DCD36

split-complementary

#36A9CD #CD365D #CDA636

monochromatic

#1B5A6D #27829E #36A9CD #67BED9 #98D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#36A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#36A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9CD

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9CD	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.112 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2dc',
    500: '#36a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9cd;
$custom-light: #82c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.305,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68677,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9CD

secondary

#D19E8E

accent

#6A44E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9CD

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

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