#36B1CC#36B1CC

#36B1CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.111 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1CC
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -24.37, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 33.74, 223.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0899 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.111 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1379, 36.5848, 62.6936)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1CC #CC5136

analogous

#36CC9C #36B1CC #3666CC

triadic

#36B1CC #CC36B1 #B1CC36

tetradic

#36B1CC #9C36CC #CC5136 #66CC36

square

#36B1CC #9C36CC #CC5136 #66CC36

split-complementary

#36B1CC #CC3666 #CC9C36

monochromatic

#1B5E6C #28889D #36B1CC #67C4D8 #98D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#36B1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#36B1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1CC

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1CC	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)

#9FABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.111 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8db',
    500: '#36b1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1cc;
$custom-light: #83c8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70551,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1CC

secondary

#D09A8E

accent

#6145E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1CC

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

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