#36ACC6#36ACC6

#36ACC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.108 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACC6
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 198)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -23.73, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 32.80, 223.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.0874 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.108 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4626, 34.3634, 58.6533)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACC6 #C65036

analogous

#36C698 #36ACC6 #3664C6

triadic

#36ACC6 #C636AC #ACC636

tetradic

#36ACC6 #9836C6 #C65036 #64C636

square

#36ACC6 #9836C6 #C65036 #64C636

split-complementary

#36ACC6 #C63664 #C69836

monochromatic

#1C5866 #298296 #36ACC6 #64C1D5 #94D4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#36ACC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#36ACC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACC6

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACC6	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.108 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d7',
    500: '#36acc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acc6;
$custom-light: #81c5d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.833,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69099,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACC6

secondary

#CD978B

accent

#6347E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACC6

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

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