#36B6D3#36B6D3

#36B6D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6D3
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -24.68, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 34.79, 224.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.092 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.115 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0022, 38.9397, 67.5503)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6D3 #D35336

analogous

#36D3A2 #36B6D3 #3667D3

triadic

#36B6D3 #D336B6 #B6D336

tetradic

#36B6D3 #A236D3 #D35336 #67D336

square

#36B6D3 #A236D3 #D35336 #67D336

split-complementary

#36B6D3 #D33667 #D3A236

monochromatic

#1A6475 #258FA7 #36B6D3 #68C8DE #9ADAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#36B6D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#36B6D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6D3

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6D3	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cce0',
    500: '#36b6d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6d3;
$custom-light: #84cce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.083,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72038,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6D3

secondary

#D59D90

accent

#5F41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6D3

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

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