#36B5D3#36B5D3

#36B5D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5D3
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -24.17, -24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 34.76, 225.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.091 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.115 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7981, 38.5316, 67.4823)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5D3 #D35436

analogous

#36D3A3 #36B5D3 #3667D3

triadic

#36B5D3 #D336B5 #B5D336

tetradic

#36B5D3 #A336D3 #D35436 #67D336

square

#36B5D3 #A336D3 #D35436 #67D336

split-complementary

#36B5D3 #D33667 #D3A336

monochromatic

#1A6475 #258EA7 #36B5D3 #68C7DE #9ADAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36B5D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#36B5D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5D3

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5D3	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbe0',
    500: '#36b5d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5d3;
$custom-light: #84cbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.465,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71799,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5D3

secondary

#D59D90

accent

#6141E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5D3

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

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