#36ABCC#36ABCC

#36ABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.111 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABCC
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -21.29, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 33.67, 230.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.084 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.111 221)
XYZ	xyz(26.9788, 34.2665, 62.3073)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABCC #CC5736

analogous

#36CCA2 #36ABCC #3660CC

triadic

#36ABCC #CC36AB #ABCC36

tetradic

#36ABCC #A236CC #CC5736 #60CC36

square

#36ABCC #A236CC #CC5736 #60CC36

split-complementary

#36ABCC #CC3660 #CCA236

monochromatic

#1B5A6C #28839D #36ABCC #67BFD8 #98D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#36ABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#36ABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABCC

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABCC	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.111 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4db',
    500: '#36abcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abcc;
$custom-light: #82c4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69112,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.3427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABCC

secondary

#D09C8E

accent

#6845E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABCC

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

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