#36A9DA#36A9DA

#36A9DA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.123 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9DA
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 22.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -15.61, -33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 37.31, 245.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.077 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.123 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3591, 34.2188, 71.4263)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9DA #DA6736

analogous

#36DAB9 #36A9DA #3657DA

triadic

#36A9DA #DA36A9 #A9DA36

tetradic

#36A9DA #B936DA #DA6736 #57DA36

square

#36A9DA #B936DA #DA6736 #57DA36

split-complementary

#36A9DA #DA3657 #DAB936

monochromatic

#17607E #2187B2 #36A9DA #6ABFE4 #9DD5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#36A9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#36A9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9DA

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9DA	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.123 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2e5',
    500: '#36a9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9da;
$custom-light: #84c2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.927,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69265,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9DA

secondary

#D9A893

accent

#713CEC

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9DA

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

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