#36B6DB#36B6DB

#36B6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6DB
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -22.11, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 36.04, 232.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0889 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.119 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0301, 39.3509, 72.9642)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6DB #DB5B36

analogous

#36DBAE #36B6DB #3663DB

triadic

#36B6DB #DB36B6 #B6DB36

tetradic

#36B6DB #AE36DB #DB5B36 #63DB36

square

#36B6DB #AE36DB #DB5B36 #63DB36

split-complementary

#36B6DB #DB3663 #DBAE36

monochromatic

#176880 #2093B4 #36B6DB #6AC9E4 #9EDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36B6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#36B6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6DB

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6DB	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cce6',
    500: '#36b6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6db;
$custom-light: #85cce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.455,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72375,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6DB

secondary

#DAA393

accent

#633BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6DB

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

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