#36B1D7#36B1D7

#36B1D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1D7
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 215)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 17.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -20.83, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 35.52, 234.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0857 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.118 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5041, 37.1313, 69.8889)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1D7 #D75C36

analogous

#36D7AC #36B1D7 #3661D7

triadic

#36B1D7 #D736B1 #B1D736

tetradic

#36B1D7 #AC36D7 #D75C36 #61D736

square

#36B1D7 #AC36D7 #D75C36 #61D736

split-complementary

#36B1D7 #D73661 #D7AC36

monochromatic

#18637A #228DAD #36B1D7 #69C5E1 #9CD9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#36B1D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#36B1D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1D7

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1D7	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c8e3',
    500: '#36b1d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1d7;
$custom-light: #84c8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.161,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71017,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1D7

secondary

#D7A292

accent

#673EEA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1D7

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

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