#36A9CE#36A9CE

#36A9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.113 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9CE
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -19.59, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 34.17, 235.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0813 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.113 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8453, 33.6133, 63.4537)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9CE #CE5B36

analogous

#36CEA7 #36A9CE #365DCE

triadic

#36A9CE #CE36A9 #A9CE36

tetradic

#36A9CE #A736CE #CE5B36 #5DCE36

square

#36A9CE #A736CE #CE5B36 #5DCE36

split-complementary

#36A9CE #CE365D #CEA736

monochromatic

#1B5A6F #2782A0 #36A9CE #67BEDA #98D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#36A9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#36A9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9CE

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9CE	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.113 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2dd',
    500: '#36a9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9ce;
$custom-light: #82c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.605,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68721,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9CE

secondary

#D29F8E

accent

#6B44E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9CE

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

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