#36ABC5#36ABC5

#36ABC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.107 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABC5
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -23.53, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 32.63, 223.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0868 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.107 216)
XYZ	xyz(26.1580, 33.9382, 57.9846)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABC5 #C55036

analogous

#36C598 #36ABC5 #3664C5

triadic

#36ABC5 #C536AB #ABC536

tetradic

#36ABC5 #9836C5 #C55036 #64C536

square

#36ABC5 #9836C5 #C55036 #64C536

split-complementary

#36ABC5 #C53664 #C59836

monochromatic

#1C5865 #298195 #36ABC5 #64C0D4 #94D3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#36ABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#36ABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABC5

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABC5	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8697C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.107 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4d6',
    500: '#36abc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abc5;
$custom-light: #81c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68816,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.33941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABC5

secondary

#CD968A

accent

#6348E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABC5

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

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