#36B1D4#36B1D4

#36B1D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.116 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1D4
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -21.80, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 34.94, 231.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0868 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.116 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1222, 36.9785, 67.8773)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1D4 #D45936

analogous

#36D4A8 #36B1D4 #3662D4

triadic

#36B1D4 #D436B1 #B1D436

tetradic

#36B1D4 #A836D4 #D45936 #62D436

square

#36B1D4 #A836D4 #D45936 #62D436

split-complementary

#36B1D4 #D43662 #D4A836

monochromatic

#196276 #248BA9 #36B1D4 #68C5DF #9BD8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B1D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#36B1D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1D4

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1D4	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CADD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.116 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c8e1',
    500: '#36b1d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1d4;
$custom-light: #84c8e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.291,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70888,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1D4

secondary

#D5A090

accent

#6540E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1D4

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

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