#36AAC3#36AAC3

#36AAC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.106 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAC3
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 195)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -23.66, -22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 32.35, 223.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0866 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.106 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7422, 33.4708, 56.7230)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAC3 #C34F36

analogous

#36C396 #36AAC3 #3664C3

triadic

#36AAC3 #C336AA #AAC336

tetradic

#36AAC3 #9636C3 #C34F36 #64C336

square

#36AAC3 #9636C3 #C34F36 #64C336

split-complementary

#36AAC3 #C33664 #C39636

monochromatic

#1B5663 #298093 #36AAC3 #63C0D4 #92D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#36AAC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#36AAC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAC3

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAC3	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)

#99A5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8596C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.106 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3d5',
    500: '#36aac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aac3;
$custom-light: #81c3d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.638,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68492,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAC3

secondary

#CC9589

accent

#6348E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAC3

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

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