#36B9DB#36B9DB

#36B9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9DB
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -23.65, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 35.96, 228.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0918 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.119 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6511, 40.5928, 73.1712)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9DB #DB5836

analogous

#36DBAB #36B9DB #3666DB

triadic

#36B9DB #DB36B9 #B9DB36

tetradic

#36B9DB #AB36DB #DB5836 #66DB36

square

#36B9DB #AB36DB #DB5836 #66DB36

split-complementary

#36B9DB #DB3666 #DBAB36

monochromatic

#176A80 #2095B4 #36B9DB #6ACBE4 #9EDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36B9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#36B9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9DB

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9DB	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cee6',
    500: '#36b9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9db;
$custom-light: #85cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.364,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73086,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9DB

secondary

#DAA293

accent

#603BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9DB

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

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