#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
RGBrgb(54, 164, 217)
HSLhsl(200, 68%, 53%)
HSVhsv(200, 75%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(75.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(63.62, -13.25, -35.69)
CIE-LCHlch(63.62, 38.07, 249.64°)
OKLaboklab(68.05% -0.0726 -0.1005)
OKLCHoklch(68.05% 0.124 234.2)
XYZxyz(27.3161, 32.3417, 70.4351)
Luminance0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##36A4D91.002.817.477.47
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4721.001.001.00
##0000007.4721.001.001.00

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

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#36A4D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva