#36B1CD#36B1CD

#36B1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1CD
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -24.05, -23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 33.86, 224.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0895 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.112 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2582, 36.6330, 63.3273)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1CD #CD5236

analogous

#36CD9D #36B1CD #3665CD

triadic

#36B1CD #CD36B1 #B1CD36

tetradic

#36B1CD #9D36CD #CD5236 #65CD36

square

#36B1CD #9D36CD #CD5236 #65CD36

split-complementary

#36B1CD #CD3665 #CD9D36

monochromatic

#1B5E6D #27889E #36B1CD #67C4D9 #98D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#36B1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#36B1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1CD

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1CD	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8dc',
    500: '#36b1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1cd;
$custom-light: #83c8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.126,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70592,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1CD

secondary

#D19A8E

accent

#6244E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1CD

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

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