#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
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -26.43, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 35.55, 221.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0962 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.117 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7650, 41.6532, 70.6425)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##36BCD7	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #36BCD7

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

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