#36B2CC#36B2CC

#36B2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.111 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2CC
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -24.87, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 33.80, 222.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0909 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.111 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3362, 36.9813, 62.7597)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2CC #CC5036

analogous

#36CC9B #36B2CC #3667CC

triadic

#36B2CC #CC36B2 #B2CC36

tetradic

#36B2CC #9B36CC #CC5036 #67CC36

square

#36B2CC #9B36CC #CC5036 #67CC36

split-complementary

#36B2CC #CC3667 #CC9B36

monochromatic

#1B5E6C #28899D #36B2CC #67C5D8 #98D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#36B2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2CC

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2CC	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)

#A0ACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.111 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9db',
    500: '#36b2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2cc;
$custom-light: #83c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70791,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2CC

secondary

#D0998E

accent

#6045E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2CC

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

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