#36B8D3#36B8D3

#36B8D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8D3
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 211)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -25.69, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 34.90, 222.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0939 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.115 215)
XYZ	xyz(30.4147, 39.7647, 67.6878)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8D3 #D35136

analogous

#36D39F #36B8D3 #366AD3

triadic

#36B8D3 #D336B8 #B8D336

tetradic

#36B8D3 #9F36D3 #D35136 #6AD336

square

#36B8D3 #9F36D3 #D35136 #6AD336

split-complementary

#36B8D3 #D3366A #D39F36

monochromatic

#1A6575 #2591A7 #36B8D3 #68CADE #9ADBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36B8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#36B8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8D3

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8D3	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)

#A5B2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cde0',
    500: '#36b8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8d3;
$custom-light: #84cde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.318,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72516,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.39768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8D3

secondary

#D59C90

accent

#5D41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8D3

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

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