#36ABC6#36ABC6

#36ABC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.108 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABC6
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -23.22, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 32.75, 224.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0864 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.108 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2730, 33.9842, 58.5901)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABC6 #C65136

analogous

#36C699 #36ABC6 #3663C6

triadic

#36ABC6 #C636AB #ABC636

tetradic

#36ABC6 #9936C6 #C65136 #63C636

square

#36ABC6 #9936C6 #C65136 #63C636

split-complementary

#36ABC6 #C63663 #C69936

monochromatic

#1C5866 #298196 #36ABC6 #64C0D5 #94D3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#36ABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#36ABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABC6

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABC6	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8597C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.108 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4d7',
    500: '#36abc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abc6;
$custom-light: #81c4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68858,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABC6

secondary

#CD978B

accent

#6447E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABC6

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

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