#36B4D3#36B4D3

#36B4D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.115 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4D3
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 211)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 14.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -23.66, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 34.74, 227.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0901 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.115 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5955, 38.1264, 67.4147)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4D3 #D35536

analogous

#36D3A4 #36B4D3 #3666D3

triadic

#36B4D3 #D336B4 #B4D336

tetradic

#36B4D3 #A436D3 #D35536 #66D336

square

#36B4D3 #A436D3 #D35536 #66D336

split-complementary

#36B4D3 #D33666 #D3A436

monochromatic

#1A6375 #258DA7 #36B4D3 #68C7DE #9AD9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B4D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#36B4D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4D3

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4D3	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.115 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cae0',
    500: '#36b4d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4d3;
$custom-light: #84cae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.847,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7156,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4D3

secondary

#D59E90

accent

#6241E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4D3

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

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