#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
RGBrgb(54, 171, 197)
HSLhsl(191, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(191, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(72.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(64.91, -23.53, -22.61)
CIE-LCHlch(64.91, 32.63, 223.85°)
OKLaboklab(68.82% -0.0868 -0.063)
OKLCHoklch(68.82% 0.107 216)
XYZxyz(26.1580, 33.9382, 57.9846)
Luminance0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##36ABC51.002.707.797.79
#FFFFFF2.701.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7921.001.001.00
##0000007.7921.001.001.00

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

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#36ABC5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva