#36B0D0#36B0D0

#36B0D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.113 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0D0
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 208)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 15.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -22.58, -25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 34.27, 228.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0874 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.113 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4270, 36.3856, 65.1872)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0D0 #D05636

analogous

#36D0A3 #36B0D0 #3663D0

triadic

#36B0D0 #D036B0 #B0D036

tetradic

#36B0D0 #A336D0 #D05636 #63D036

square

#36B0D0 #A336D0 #D05636 #63D036

split-complementary

#36B0D0 #D03663 #D0A336

monochromatic

#1A5F71 #2689A3 #36B0D0 #68C3DC #99D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B0D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#36B0D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0D0

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0D0	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.113 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7de',
    500: '#36b0d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0d0;
$custom-light: #83c7de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.468,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70478,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0D0

secondary

#D39D8F

accent

#6443E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0D0

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

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