#36B2CD#36B2CD

#36B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.112 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2CD
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -24.56, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 33.91, 223.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0905 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.112 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4565, 37.0295, 63.3934)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2CD #CD5136

analogous

#36CD9C #36B2CD #3667CD

triadic

#36B2CD #CD36B2 #B2CD36

tetradic

#36B2CD #9C36CD #CD5136 #67CD36

square

#36B2CD #9C36CD #CD5136 #67CD36

split-complementary

#36B2CD #CD3667 #CD9C36

monochromatic

#1B5F6D #27899E #36B2CD #67C5D9 #98D8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#36B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2CD

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2CD	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.112 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9dc',
    500: '#36b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2cd;
$custom-light: #83c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.728,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70832,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2CD

secondary

#D19A8E

accent

#6144E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2CD

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

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