#36B5CF#36B5CF

#36B5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5CF
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -25.44, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 34.30, 222.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0926 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.113 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3029, 38.3335, 64.8741)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5CF #CF5036

analogous

#36CF9C #36B5CF #3668CF

triadic

#36B5CF #CF36B5 #B5CF36

tetradic

#36B5CF #9C36CF #CF5036 #68CF36

square

#36B5CF #9C36CF #CF5036 #68CF36

split-complementary

#36B5CF #CF3668 #CF9C36

monochromatic

#1B6170 #278CA1 #36B5CF #67C7DB #99D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#36B5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#36B5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5CF

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5CF	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbdd',
    500: '#36b5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5cf;
$custom-light: #83cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.196,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71634,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5CF

secondary

#D29A8F

accent

#5F43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5CF

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

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