#36A4D9#36A4D9

#36A4D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.124 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4D9
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 217)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -13.25, -35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 38.07, 249.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0726 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.124 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3161, 32.3417, 70.4351)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4D9 #D96B36

analogous

#36D9BC #36A4D9 #3652D9

triadic

#36A4D9 #D936A4 #A4D936

tetradic

#36A4D9 #BC36D9 #D96B36 #52D936

square

#36A4D9 #BC36D9 #D96B36 #52D936

split-complementary

#36A4D9 #D93652 #D9BC36

monochromatic

#185C7D #2182B0 #36A4D9 #69BBE3 #9DD3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#36A4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#36A4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4D9

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4D9	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7493D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.124 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfe5',
    500: '#36a4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4d9;
$custom-light: #83bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.509,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68045,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4D9

secondary

#D9A992

accent

#753DEB

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4D9

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

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