#36B3CC#36B3CC

#36B3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3CC
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -25.38, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 33.87, 221.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0919 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.111 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5359, 37.3807, 62.8263)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3CC #CC4F36

analogous

#36CC9A #36B3CC #3668CC

triadic

#36B3CC #CC36B3 #B3CC36

tetradic

#36B3CC #9A36CC #CC4F36 #68CC36

square

#36B3CC #9A36CC #CC4F36 #68CC36

split-complementary

#36B3CC #CC3668 #CC9A36

monochromatic

#1B5F6C #28899D #36B3CC #67C5D8 #98D8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#36B3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3CC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3CC	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)

#A1ADCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cadb',
    500: '#36b3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3cc;
$custom-light: #83cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71032,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3CC

secondary

#D0998E

accent

#5F45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3CC

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

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