#36AAC6#36AAC6

#36AAC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.108 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAC6
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 198)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -22.70, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 32.72, 226.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0854 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.108 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0848, 33.6079, 58.5273)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAC6 #C65236

analogous

#36C69A #36AAC6 #3662C6

triadic

#36AAC6 #C636AA #AAC636

tetradic

#36AAC6 #9A36C6 #C65236 #62C636

square

#36AAC6 #9A36C6 #C65236 #62C636

split-complementary

#36AAC6 #C63662 #C69A36

monochromatic

#1C5766 #298196 #36AAC6 #64BFD5 #94D3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#36AAC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#36AAC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAC6

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAC6	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8497C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.108 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3d7',
    500: '#36aac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aac6;
$custom-light: #81c3d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68617,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAC6

secondary

#CD988B

accent

#6547E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAC6

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

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