#36AFCB#36AFCB

#36AFCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.110 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFCB
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -23.67, -23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 33.54, 225.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0883 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.11 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6262, 35.7527, 61.9333)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFCB #CB5236

analogous

#36CB9C #36AFCB #3665CB

triadic

#36AFCB #CB36AF #AFCB36

tetradic

#36AFCB #9C36CB #CB5236 #65CB36

square

#36AFCB #9C36CB #CB5236 #65CB36

split-complementary

#36AFCB #CB3665 #CB9C36

monochromatic

#1C5C6B #28869C #36AFCB #67C2D8 #97D6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36AFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#36AFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFCB

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFCB	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.110 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7db',
    500: '#36afcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afcb;
$custom-light: #82c7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.275,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70029,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFCB

secondary

#D09A8D

accent

#6346E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFCB

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

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