#36AEC6#36AEC6

#36AEC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.108 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEC6
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -24.74, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 32.93, 221.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0893 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.108 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8461, 35.1304, 58.7811)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEC6 #C64E36

analogous

#36C696 #36AEC6 #3666C6

triadic

#36AEC6 #C636AE #AEC636

tetradic

#36AEC6 #9636C6 #C64E36 #66C636

square

#36AEC6 #9636C6 #C64E36 #66C636

split-complementary

#36AEC6 #C63666 #C69636

monochromatic

#1C5966 #298496 #36AEC6 #64C2D5 #94D5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#36AEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#36AEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEC6

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEC6	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA8C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.108 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6d7',
    500: '#36aec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aec6;
$custom-light: #82c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69582,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEC6

secondary

#CD968B

accent

#6147E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEC6

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

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