#36B4CF#36B4CF

#36B4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.113 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4CF
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 207)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 13%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -24.94, -23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 34.24, 223.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0916 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.113 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1003, 37.9283, 64.8066)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4CF #CF5136

analogous

#36CF9D #36B4CF #3667CF

triadic

#36B4CF #CF36B4 #B4CF36

tetradic

#36B4CF #9D36CF #CF5136 #67CF36

square

#36B4CF #9D36CF #CF5136 #67CF36

split-complementary

#36B4CF #CF3667 #CF9D36

monochromatic

#1B6170 #278CA1 #36B4CF #67C6DB #99D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#36B4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4CF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4CF	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.113 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cadd',
    500: '#36b4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4cf;
$custom-light: #83cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71395,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4CF

secondary

#D29B8F

accent

#6043E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4CF

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

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