#36B1CA#36B1CA

#36B1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.110 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B1CA
RGBrgb(54, 177, 202)
HSLhsl(190, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(190, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(73.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.89, -25.00, -22.35)
CIE-LCHlch(66.89, 33.53, 221.80°)
OKLaboklab(70.47% -0.0907 -0.0623)
OKLCHoklch(70.47% 0.11 214.5)
XYZxyz(27.8996, 36.4895, 61.4384)
Luminance0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B1CA #CA4F36
analogous
#36CA99 #36B1CA #3667CA
triadic
#36B1CA #CA36B1 #B1CA36
tetradic
#36B1CA #9936CA #CA4F36 #67CA36
square
#36B1CA #9936CA #CA4F36 #67CA36
split-complementary
#36B1CA #CA3667 #CA9936
monochromatic
#1C5D6A #29879A #36B1CA #66C4D7 #97D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#36B1CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30
#36B1CA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1CA
8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B1CA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B1CA1.002.538.308.30
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3021.001.001.00
##0000008.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FABCB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8B9CCA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BAB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.110 214.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8da',
    500: '#36b1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b1ca;
$custom-light: #82c8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.135,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70469,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B1CA
secondary
#CF988D
accent
#6146E1
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#36B1CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva