#36ABC9#36ABC9

#36ABC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36ABC9
RGBrgb(54, 171, 201)
HSLhsl(192, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(192, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(73.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(65.06, -22.26, -24.60)
CIE-LCHlch(65.06, 33.17, 227.86°)
OKLaboklab(68.98% -0.0852 -0.0687)
OKLCHoklch(68.98% 0.109 218.9)
XYZxyz(26.6224, 34.1240, 60.4305)
Luminance0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36ABC9 #C95436
analogous
#36C99E #36ABC9 #3661C9
triadic
#36ABC9 #C936AB #ABC936
tetradic
#36ABC9 #9E36C9 #C95436 #61C936
square
#36ABC9 #9E36C9 #C95436 #61C936
split-complementary
#36ABC9 #C93661 #C99E36
monochromatic
#1C5969 #298299 #36ABC9 #66BFD6 #96D3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68
#36ABC9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83
#36ABC9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABC9
7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36ABC9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36ABC91.002.687.837.83
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8321.001.001.00
##0000007.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#98A6CB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8498C9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36abc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 218.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4d9',
    500: '#36abc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36abc9;
$custom-light: #82c4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36abc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.245,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68984,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36ABC9
secondary
#CE9A8C
accent
#6647E1
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1214
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABC9

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

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#36ABC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva