#36AAC2#36AAC2

#36AAC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.106 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAC2
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 194)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -23.98, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 32.25, 221.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.087 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.106 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6295, 33.4258, 56.1295)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAC2 #C24E36

analogous

#36C294 #36AAC2 #3664C2

triadic

#36AAC2 #C236AA #AAC236

tetradic

#36AAC2 #9436C2 #C24E36 #64C236

square

#36AAC2 #9436C2 #C24E36 #64C236

split-complementary

#36AAC2 #C23664 #C29436

monochromatic

#1B5662 #298092 #36AAC2 #62C0D3 #92D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#36AAC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#36AAC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAC2

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAC2	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8696C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.106 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3d4',
    500: '#36aac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aac2;
$custom-light: #81c3d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68451,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAC2

secondary

#CC9488

accent

#6248E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAC2

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

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