#36AAC4#36AAC4

#36AAC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.107 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAC4
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 196)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -23.34, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 32.46, 224.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0862 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.107 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8556, 33.5162, 57.3204)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAC4 #C45036

analogous

#36C497 #36AAC4 #3663C4

triadic

#36AAC4 #C436AA #AAC436

tetradic

#36AAC4 #9736C4 #C45036 #63C436

square

#36AAC4 #9736C4 #C45036 #63C436

split-complementary

#36AAC4 #C43663 #C49736

monochromatic

#1C5764 #298094 #36AAC4 #63BFD4 #93D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#36AAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#36AAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAC4

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAC4	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8596C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.107 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3d6',
    500: '#36aac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aac4;
$custom-light: #81c3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.986,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68533,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAC4

secondary

#CC9689

accent

#6448E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAC4

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

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