#36B7DB#36B7DB

#36B7DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.119 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7DB
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -22.63, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 36.00, 231.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0899 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.119 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2356, 39.7619, 73.0327)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7DB #DB5A36

analogous

#36DBAC #36B7DB #3664DB

triadic

#36B7DB #DB36B7 #B7DB36

tetradic

#36B7DB #AC36DB #DB5A36 #64DB36

square

#36B7DB #AC36DB #DB5A36 #64DB36

split-complementary

#36B7DB #DB3664 #DBAC36

monochromatic

#176980 #2093B4 #36B7DB #6ACAE4 #9EDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36B7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#36B7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7DB

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7DB	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.119 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cce6',
    500: '#36b7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7db;
$custom-light: #85cce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.091,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72612,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7DB

secondary

#DAA293

accent

#623BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7DB

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

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