#36A9D9#36A9D9

#36A9D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.122 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36A9D9
RGBrgb(54, 169, 217)
HSLhsl(198, 68%, 53%)
HSVhsv(198, 75%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(75.1%, 22.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.09, -15.95, -33.40)
CIE-LCHlch(65.09, 37.01, 244.47°)
OKLaboklab(69.22% -0.0773 -0.0939)
OKLCHoklch(69.22% 0.122 230.5)
XYZxyz(28.2286, 34.1666, 70.7392)
Luminance0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36A9D9 #D96636
analogous
#36D9B8 #36A9D9 #3657D9
triadic
#36A9D9 #D936A9 #A9D936
tetradic
#36A9D9 #B836D9 #D96636 #57D936
square
#36A9D9 #B836D9 #D96636 #57D936
split-complementary
#36A9D9 #D93657 #D9B836
monochromatic
#185F7D #2186B0 #36A9D9 #69BFE3 #9DD5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68
#36A9D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83
#36A9D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9D9
7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36A9D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36A9D91.002.687.837.83
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8321.001.001.00
##0000007.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91A7DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B97D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36a9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.122 230.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2e5',
    500: '#36a9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36a9d9;
$custom-light: #84c2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36a9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.669,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69218,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36A9D9
secondary
#D9A792
accent
#703DEB
background
#F8FBFE
surface
#F0F7FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8184

Preview Lab

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#36A9D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva