#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
RGBrgb(54, 176, 212)
HSLhsl(194, 65%, 52%)
HSVhsv(194, 75%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(74.5%, 17%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.96, -21.29, -27.75)
CIE-LCHlch(66.96, 34.98, 232.51°)
OKLaboklab(70.65% -0.0858 -0.0777)
OKLCHoklch(70.65% 0.116 222.1)
XYZxyz(28.9254, 36.5850, 67.8117)
Luminance0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##36B0D41.002.528.328.32
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3221.001.001.00
##0000008.3221.001.001.00

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

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#36B0D4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva