#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
RGBrgb(54, 170, 201)
HSLhsl(193, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(193, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(73.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(64.76, -21.74, -25.06)
CIE-LCHlch(64.76, 33.17, 229.06°)
OKLaboklab(68.74% -0.0842 -0.07)
OKLCHoklch(68.74% 0.11 219.7)
XYZxyz(26.4343, 33.7477, 60.3678)
Luminance0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##36AAC91.002.717.757.75
#FFFFFF2.711.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7521.001.001.00
##0000007.7521.001.001.00

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

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#36AAC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva