#36B0CD#36B0CD

#36B0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.112 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0CD
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -23.54, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 33.83, 225.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0885 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.112 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0615, 36.2394, 63.2617)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0CD #CD5336

analogous

#36CD9E #36B0CD #3664CD

triadic

#36B0CD #CD36B0 #B0CD36

tetradic

#36B0CD #9E36CD #CD5336 #64CD36

square

#36B0CD #9E36CD #CD5336 #64CD36

split-complementary

#36B0CD #CD3664 #CD9E36

monochromatic

#1B5E6D #27889E #36B0CD #67C3D9 #98D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#36B0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0CD

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0CD	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.112 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7dc',
    500: '#36b0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0cd;
$custom-light: #83c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.523,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70352,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0CD

secondary

#D19B8E

accent

#6344E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0CD

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

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