#36B3CF#36B3CF

#36B3CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3CF
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 207)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -24.43, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 34.19, 224.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0907 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.113 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8991, 37.5260, 64.7395)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3CF #CF5236

analogous

#36CF9E #36B3CF #3666CF

triadic

#36B3CF #CF36B3 #B3CF36

tetradic

#36B3CF #9E36CF #CF5236 #66CF36

square

#36B3CF #9E36CF #CF5236 #66CF36

split-complementary

#36B3CF #CF3666 #CF9E36

monochromatic

#1B6070 #278BA1 #36B3CF #67C6DB #99D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#36B3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3CF

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3CF	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)

#A0AED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cadd',
    500: '#36b3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3cf;
$custom-light: #83cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.98,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71155,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3CF

secondary

#D29B8F

accent

#6143E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3CF

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

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