#36B0CC#36B0CC

#36B0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.111 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0CC
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -23.86, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 33.70, 224.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0889 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.111 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9411, 36.1913, 62.6280)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0CC #CC5236

analogous

#36CC9D #36B0CC #3665CC

triadic

#36B0CC #CC36B0 #B0CC36

tetradic

#36B0CC #9D36CC #CC5236 #65CC36

square

#36B0CC #9D36CC #CC5236 #65CC36

split-complementary

#36B0CC #CC3665 #CC9D36

monochromatic

#1B5D6C #28879D #36B0CC #67C3D8 #98D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#36B0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0CC

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0CC	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.111 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7db',
    500: '#36b0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0cc;
$custom-light: #82c7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70311,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0CC

secondary

#D09A8E

accent

#6345E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0CC

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

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