#36B0D4#36B0D4

#36B0D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.116 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0D4
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 17%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -21.29, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 34.98, 232.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0858 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.116 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9254, 36.5850, 67.8117)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0D4 #D45A36

analogous

#36D4A9 #36B0D4 #3661D4

triadic

#36B0D4 #D436B0 #B0D436

tetradic

#36B0D4 #A936D4 #D45A36 #61D436

square

#36B0D4 #A936D4 #D45A36 #61D436

split-complementary

#36B0D4 #D43661 #D4A936

monochromatic

#196176 #248AA9 #36B0D4 #68C4DF #9BD8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#36B0D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#36B0D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0D4

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0D4	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BACD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.116 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7e1',
    500: '#36b0d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0d4;
$custom-light: #84c7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.671,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7065,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0D4

secondary

#D5A090

accent

#6640E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0D4

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

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