#36B4D2#36B4D2

#36B4D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4D2
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 210)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 14.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -23.98, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 34.60, 226.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0905 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.114 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4705, 38.0764, 66.7565)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4D2 #D25436

analogous

#36D2A2 #36B4D2 #3666D2

triadic

#36B4D2 #D236B4 #B4D236

tetradic

#36B4D2 #A236D2 #D25436 #66D236

square

#36B4D2 #A236D2 #D25436 #66D236

split-complementary

#36B4D2 #D23666 #D2A236

monochromatic

#1A6274 #258DA6 #36B4D2 #68C7DD #9AD9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#36B4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4D2

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4D2	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cadf',
    500: '#36b4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4d2;
$custom-light: #84cadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71518,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4D2

secondary

#D49D90

accent

#6141E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4D2

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

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