#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
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -25.00, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 33.53, 221.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0907 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.11 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8996, 36.4895, 61.4384)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##36B1CA	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #36B1CA

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

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