#36B8DB#36B8DB

#36B8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8DB
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -23.14, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 35.98, 229.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0908 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.119 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4426, 40.1759, 73.1017)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8DB #DB5936

analogous

#36DBAB #36B8DB #3665DB

triadic

#36B8DB #DB36B8 #B8DB36

tetradic

#36B8DB #AB36DB #DB5936 #65DB36

square

#36B8DB #AB36DB #DB5936 #65DB36

split-complementary

#36B8DB #DB3665 #DBAB36

monochromatic

#176980 #2094B4 #36B8DB #6ACAE4 #9EDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36B8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#36B8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8DB

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8DB	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cde6',
    500: '#36b8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8db;
$custom-light: #85cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72849,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8DB

secondary

#DAA293

accent

#613BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8DB

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

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