#36B8D7#36B8D7

#36B8D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B8D7
RGBrgb(54, 184, 215)
HSLhsl(192, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(192, 75%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.45, -24.42, -25.59)
CIE-LCHlch(69.45, 35.37, 226.34°)
OKLaboklab(72.68% -0.0924 -0.0715)
OKLCHoklch(72.68% 0.117 217.7)
XYZxyz(30.9224, 39.9678, 70.3616)
Luminance0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B8D7 #D75536
analogous
#36D7A6 #36B8D7 #3667D7
triadic
#36B8D7 #D736B8 #B8D736
tetradic
#36B8D7 #A636D7 #D75536 #67D736
square
#36B8D7 #A636D7 #D75536 #67D736
split-complementary
#36B8D7 #D73667 #D7A636
monochromatic
#18677A #2293AD #36B8D7 #69CAE1 #9CDCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#36B8D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99
#36B8D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8D7
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B8D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B8D71.002.338.998.99
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9921.001.001.00
##0000008.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4B3D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EA3D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 217.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cde3',
    500: '#36b8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b8d7;
$custom-light: #85cde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.553,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72681,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B8D7
secondary
#D79F92
accent
#5F3EEA
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8D7

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#36B8D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva