#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
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 201)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -22.26, -24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 33.17, 227.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0852 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.109 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6224, 34.1240, 60.4305)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##36ABC9	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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