#36ACC7#36ACC7

#36ACC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.108 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACC7
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 199)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -23.41, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 32.92, 224.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.087 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.108 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5783, 34.4097, 59.2627)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACC7 #C75136

analogous

#36C799 #36ACC7 #3664C7

triadic

#36ACC7 #C736AC #ACC736

tetradic

#36ACC7 #9936C7 #C75136 #64C736

square

#36ACC7 #9936C7 #C75136 #64C736

split-complementary

#36ACC7 #C73664 #C79936

monochromatic

#1C5967 #298297 #36ACC7 #65C0D5 #95D4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#36ACC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#36ACC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACC7

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACC7	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.108 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d8',
    500: '#36acc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acc7;
$custom-light: #81c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.172,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69141,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACC7

secondary

#CE988B

accent

#6447E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACC7

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

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