#36B3CD#36B3CD

#36B3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.112 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3CD
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -25.06, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 33.97, 222.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0915 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.112 215)
XYZ	xyz(28.6562, 37.4288, 63.4600)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3CD #CD5036

analogous

#36CD9B #36B3CD #3667CD

triadic

#36B3CD #CD36B3 #B3CD36

tetradic

#36B3CD #9B36CD #CD5036 #67CD36

square

#36B3CD #9B36CD #CD5036 #67CD36

split-complementary

#36B3CD #CD3667 #CD9B36

monochromatic

#1B5F6D #278A9E #36B3CD #67C6D9 #98D8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#36B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3CD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3CD	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.112 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cadc',
    500: '#36b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3cd;
$custom-light: #83cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.331,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71073,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.37432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3CD

secondary

#D1998E

accent

#6044E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3CD

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

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