#36AAC5#36AAC5

#36AAC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.107 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAC5
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 197)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -23.02, -23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 32.59, 225.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0858 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.107 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9698, 33.5619, 57.9219)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAC5 #C55136

analogous

#36C599 #36AAC5 #3662C5

triadic

#36AAC5 #C536AA #AAC536

tetradic

#36AAC5 #9936C5 #C55136 #62C536

square

#36AAC5 #9936C5 #C55136 #62C536

split-complementary

#36AAC5 #C53662 #C59936

monochromatic

#1C5765 #298195 #36AAC5 #64BFD4 #94D3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#36AAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#36AAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAC5

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAC5	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8496C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.107 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3d6',
    500: '#36aac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aac5;
$custom-light: #81c3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.329,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68575,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAC5

secondary

#CD978A

accent

#6448E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAC5

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

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