#36ACC4#36ACC4

#36ACC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.107 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACC4
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 196)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -24.36, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 32.59, 221.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0882 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.107 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2334, 34.2718, 57.4464)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACC4 #C44E36

analogous

#36C495 #36ACC4 #3665C4

triadic

#36ACC4 #C436AC #ACC436

tetradic

#36ACC4 #9536C4 #C44E36 #65C436

square

#36ACC4 #9536C4 #C44E36 #65C436

split-complementary

#36ACC4 #C43665 #C49536

monochromatic

#1C5864 #298294 #36ACC4 #63C1D4 #93D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#36ACC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#36ACC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACC4

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACC4	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8798C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.107 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d6',
    500: '#36acc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acc4;
$custom-light: #81c5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.141,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69017,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACC4

secondary

#CC9589

accent

#6148E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACC4

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

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