#36B0D7#36B0D7

#36B0D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.118 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B0D7
RGBrgb(54, 176, 215)
HSLhsl(195, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(195, 75%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.08, -20.31, -29.23)
CIE-LCHlch(67.08, 35.59, 235.20°)
OKLaboklab(70.78% -0.0847 -0.0819)
OKLCHoklch(70.78% 0.118 224)
XYZxyz(29.3073, 36.7377, 69.8233)
Luminance0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B0D7 #D75D36
analogous
#36D7AD #36B0D7 #3660D7
triadic
#36B0D7 #D736B0 #B0D736
tetradic
#36B0D7 #AD36D7 #D75D36 #60D736
square
#36B0D7 #AD36D7 #D75D36 #60D736
split-complementary
#36B0D7 #D73660 #D7AD36
monochromatic
#18637A #228CAD #36B0D7 #69C4E1 #9CD8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52
#36B0D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35
#36B0D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0D7
8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B0D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B0D71.002.528.358.35
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3521.001.001.00
##0000008.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AACD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#849CD7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b0d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.118 224.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7e3',
    500: '#36b0d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b0d7;
$custom-light: #84c7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b0d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.534,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7078,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.36741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B0D7
secondary
#D7A292
accent
#683EEA
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0D7

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

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#36B0D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva