#36ACC9#36ACC9

#36ACC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.109 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACC9
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 201)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -22.77, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 33.19, 226.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0862 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.109 218)
XYZ	xyz(26.8120, 34.5032, 60.4937)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACC9 #C95336

analogous

#36C99D #36ACC9 #3662C9

triadic

#36ACC9 #C936AC #ACC936

tetradic

#36ACC9 #9D36C9 #C95336 #62C936

square

#36ACC9 #9D36C9 #C95336 #62C936

split-complementary

#36ACC9 #C93662 #C99D36

monochromatic

#1C5969 #298399 #36ACC9 #66C0D6 #96D4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#36ACC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#36ACC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACC9

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACC9	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.109 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d9',
    500: '#36acc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acc9;
$custom-light: #82c5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.837,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69224,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.34506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACC9

secondary

#CE998C

accent

#6547E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACC9

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

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