#36B2D4#36B2D4

#36B2D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2D4
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 16%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -22.32, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 34.91, 230.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0878 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.115 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3204, 37.3750, 67.9434)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2D4 #D45836

analogous

#36D4A7 #36B2D4 #3663D4

triadic

#36B2D4 #D436B2 #B2D436

tetradic

#36B2D4 #A736D4 #D45836 #63D436

square

#36B2D4 #A736D4 #D45836 #63D436

split-complementary

#36B2D4 #D43663 #D4A736

monochromatic

#196276 #248CA9 #36B2D4 #68C5DF #9BD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#36B2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2D4

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2D4	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DADD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9e1',
    500: '#36b2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2d4;
$custom-light: #84c9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.911,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71126,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2D4

secondary

#D59F90

accent

#6440E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2D4

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

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