#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
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 22.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -15.95, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 37.01, 244.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0773 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.122 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2286, 34.1666, 70.7392)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##36A9D9	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #36A9D9

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

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