#36BCD7#36BCD7

#36BCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.117 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36BCD7
RGBrgb(54, 188, 215)
HSLhsl(190, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(190, 75%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.63, -26.43, -23.78)
CIE-LCHlch(70.63, 35.55, 221.98°)
OKLaboklab(73.63% -0.0962 -0.0663)
OKLCHoklch(73.63% 0.117 214.6)
XYZxyz(31.7650, 41.6532, 70.6425)
Luminance0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36BCD7 #D75136
analogous
#36D7A1 #36BCD7 #366BD7
triadic
#36BCD7 #D736BC #BCD736
tetradic
#36BCD7 #A136D7 #D75136 #6BD736
square
#36BCD7 #A136D7 #D75136 #6BD736
split-complementary
#36BCD7 #D7366B #D7A136
monochromatic
#186A7A #2296AD #36BCD7 #69CDE1 #9CDEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25
#36BCD7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33
#36BCD7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCD7
9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36BCD7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36BCD71.002.259.339.33
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3321.001.001.00
##0000009.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9B6D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93A6D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.117 214.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0e3',
    500: '#36bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36bcd7;
$custom-light: #85d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.062,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73634,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36BCD7
secondary
#D79D92
accent
#5B3EEA
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#36BCD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva