#36A5D9#36A5D9

#36A5D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.124 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5D9
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 24%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -13.79, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 37.83, 248.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0736 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.124 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4958, 32.7010, 70.4950)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5D9 #D96A36

analogous

#36D9BB #36A5D9 #3653D9

triadic

#36A5D9 #D936A5 #A5D936

tetradic

#36A5D9 #BB36D9 #D96A36 #53D936

square

#36A5D9 #BB36D9 #D96A36 #53D936

split-complementary

#36A5D9 #D93653 #D9BB36

monochromatic

#185D7D #2183B0 #36A5D9 #69BCE3 #9DD3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#36A5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#36A5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5D9

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5D9	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7594D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.124 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfe5',
    500: '#36a5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5d9;
$custom-light: #84bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.141,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68279,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5D9

secondary

#D9A992

accent

#743DEB

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5D9

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

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