#36A8D9#36A8D9

#36A8D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.122 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8D9
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -15.41, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 37.20, 245.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0764 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.122 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0433, 33.7959, 70.6775)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8D9 #D96736

analogous

#36D9B9 #36A8D9 #3656D9

triadic

#36A8D9 #D936A8 #A8D936

tetradic

#36A8D9 #B936D9 #D96736 #56D936

square

#36A8D9 #B936D9 #D96736 #56D936

split-complementary

#36A8D9 #D93656 #D9B936

monochromatic

#185F7D #2185B0 #36A8D9 #69BEE3 #9DD5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#36A8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#36A8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8D9

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8D9	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.122 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1e5',
    500: '#36a8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8d9;
$custom-light: #84c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.037,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68983,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8D9

secondary

#D9A792

accent

#713DEB

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8D9

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

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