#36A8DA#36A8DA

#36A8DA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.123 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36A8DA
RGBrgb(54, 168, 218)
HSLhsl(198, 69%, 53%)
HSVhsv(198, 75%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(75.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(64.84, -15.08, -34.35)
CIE-LCHlch(64.84, 37.51, 246.30°)
OKLaboklab(69.03% -0.0761 -0.0966)
OKLCHoklch(69.03% 0.123 231.8)
XYZxyz(28.1737, 33.8481, 71.3646)
Luminance0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary
#36A8DA #DA6836
analogous
#36DABA #36A8DA #3656DA
triadic
#36A8DA #DA36A8 #A8DA36
tetradic
#36A8DA #BA36DA #DA6836 #56DA36
square
#36A8DA #BA36DA #DA6836 #56DA36
split-complementary
#36A8DA #DA3656 #DABA36
monochromatic
#175F7E #2186B2 #36A8DA #6ABEE4 #9DD5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70
#36A8DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77
#36A8DA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8DA
7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36A8DA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36A8DA1.002.707.777.77
#FFFFFF2.701.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7721.001.001.00
##0000007.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FA6DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7996D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36a8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.123 231.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1e5',
    500: '#36a8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36a8da;
$custom-light: #84c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36a8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.293,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6903,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36A8DA
secondary
#D9A893
accent
#723CEC
background
#F8FBFE
surface
#F0F7FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8184

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#36A8DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva