#36A6D9#36A6D9

#36A6D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.123 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6D9
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 23.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -14.33, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 37.61, 247.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0745 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.123 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6769, 33.0632, 70.5553)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6D9 #D96936

analogous

#36D9BA #36A6D9 #3654D9

triadic

#36A6D9 #D936A6 #A6D936

tetradic

#36A6D9 #BA36D9 #D96936 #54D936

square

#36A6D9 #BA36D9 #D96936 #54D936

split-complementary

#36A6D9 #D93654 #D9BA36

monochromatic

#185D7D #2184B0 #36A6D9 #69BDE3 #9DD4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#36A6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#36A6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6D9

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6D9	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7795D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.123 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0e5',
    500: '#36a6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6d9;
$custom-light: #84c0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.773,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68514,
    "c": 0.12302,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6D9

secondary

#D9A892

accent

#733DEB

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6D9

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

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