#36A4FF#36A4FF

#36A4FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.165 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4FF
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 255)
HSL	hsl(207, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 79%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 35.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 0.00, -53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 53.76, 270.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0613 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.165 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8399, 34.5512, 99.5266)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4FF #FF9136

analogous

#36FFF5 #36A4FF #363FFF

triadic

#36A4FF #FF36A4 #A4FF36

tetradic

#36A4FF #F536FF #FF9136 #3FFF36

square

#36A4FF #F536FF #FF9136 #3FFF36

split-complementary

#36A4FF #FF363F #FFF536

monochromatic

#0066BB #0088F8 #36A4FF #73C0FF #B0DBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#36A4FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#36A4FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4FF

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4FF	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B97FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.165 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abeff',
    500: '#36a4ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4ff;
$custom-light: #8abeff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.164,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7003,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4FF

secondary

#EFC5A2

accent

#6800E6

background

#F9FBFF

surface

#F2F6FF

border

#CCD0D7

text

#0E1218

muted

#7E8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4FF

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

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