#36ACC5#36ACC5

#36ACC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.107 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACC5
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 197)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -24.04, -22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 32.69, 222.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0878 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.107 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3476, 34.3174, 58.0478)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACC5 #C54F36

analogous

#36C597 #36ACC5 #3664C5

triadic

#36ACC5 #C536AC #ACC536

tetradic

#36ACC5 #9736C5 #C54F36 #64C536

square

#36ACC5 #9736C5 #C54F36 #64C536

split-complementary

#36ACC5 #C53664 #C59736

monochromatic

#1C5865 #298295 #36ACC5 #64C1D4 #94D4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#36ACC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#36ACC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACC5

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACC5	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)

#9BA7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8798C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.107 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d6',
    500: '#36acc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acc5;
$custom-light: #81c5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.49,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69058,
    "c": 0.10731,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACC5

secondary

#CD968A

accent

#6248E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACC5

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

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