#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
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -15.08, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 37.51, 246.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0761 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.123 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1737, 33.8481, 71.3646)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##36A8DA	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8DA

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

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