#36B0CA#36B0CA

#36B0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.110 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0CA
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -24.49, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 33.47, 222.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0897 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.11 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7028, 36.0959, 61.3728)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0CA #CA5036

analogous

#36CA9A #36B0CA #3666CA

triadic

#36B0CA #CA36B0 #B0CA36

tetradic

#36B0CA #9A36CA #CA5036 #66CA36

square

#36B0CA #9A36CA #CA5036 #66CA36

split-complementary

#36B0CA #CA3666 #CA9A36

monochromatic

#1C5C6A #29869A #36B0CA #66C3D7 #97D6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#36B0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0CA

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0CA	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.110 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8da',
    500: '#36b0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0ca;
$custom-light: #82c8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.541,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70228,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0CA

secondary

#CF988D

accent

#6246E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0CA

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

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