#36ABC4#36ABC4

#36ABC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.107 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABC4
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -23.85, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 32.52, 222.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0872 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.107 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0438, 33.8926, 57.3832)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABC4 #C44F36

analogous

#36C496 #36ABC4 #3664C4

triadic

#36ABC4 #C436AB #ABC436

tetradic

#36ABC4 #9636C4 #C44F36 #64C436

square

#36ABC4 #9636C4 #C44F36 #64C436

split-complementary

#36ABC4 #C43664 #C49636

monochromatic

#1C5764 #298194 #36ABC4 #63C0D4 #93D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#36ABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#36ABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABC4

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABC4	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8697C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.107 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4d6',
    500: '#36abc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abc4;
$custom-light: #81c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.563,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68775,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABC4

secondary

#CC9589

accent

#6348E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABC4

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

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