#36B2D7#36B2D7

#36B2D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2D7
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 215)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -21.35, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 35.46, 232.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0866 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.117 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7024, 37.5278, 69.9550)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2D7 #D75B36

analogous

#36D7AC #36B2D7 #3661D7

triadic

#36B2D7 #D736B2 #B2D736

tetradic

#36B2D7 #AC36D7 #D75B36 #61D736

square

#36B2D7 #AC36D7 #D75B36 #61D736

split-complementary

#36B2D7 #D73661 #D7AC36

monochromatic

#18647A #228DAD #36B2D7 #69C6E1 #9CD9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#36B2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2D7

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2D7	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9e3',
    500: '#36b2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2d7;
$custom-light: #84c9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.789,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71254,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2D7

secondary

#D7A292

accent

#663EEA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2D7

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

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