#36A9CF#36A9CF

#36A9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.114 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9CF
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 207)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -19.27, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 34.39, 235.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.081 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.114 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9671, 33.6620, 64.0955)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9CF #CF5C36

analogous

#36CFA8 #36A9CF #365CCF

triadic

#36A9CF #CF36A9 #A9CF36

tetradic

#36A9CF #A836CF #CF5C36 #5CCF36

square

#36A9CF #A836CF #CF5C36 #5CCF36

split-complementary

#36A9CF #CF365C #CFA836

monochromatic

#1B5B70 #2783A1 #36A9CF #67BEDB #99D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#36A9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#36A9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9CF

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9CF	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.114 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2dd',
    500: '#36a9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9cf;
$custom-light: #82c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.902,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68765,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9CF

secondary

#D29F8F

accent

#6B43E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9CF

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

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