#36AAC9#36AAC9

#36AAC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.110 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAC9
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 201)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -21.74, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 33.17, 229.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0842 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.11 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4343, 33.7477, 60.3678)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAC9 #C95536

analogous

#36C99E #36AAC9 #3661C9

triadic

#36AAC9 #C936AA #AAC936

tetradic

#36AAC9 #9E36C9 #C95536 #61C936

square

#36AAC9 #9E36C9 #C95536 #61C936

split-complementary

#36AAC9 #C93661 #C99E36

monochromatic

#1C5869 #298199 #36AAC9 #66BED6 #96D3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#36AAC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#36AAC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAC9

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAC9	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.110 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3d9',
    500: '#36aac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aac9;
$custom-light: #82c3d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.653,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68743,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAC9

secondary

#CE9A8C

accent

#6747E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAC9

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

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