#36AACC#36AACC

#36AACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.111 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AACC
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -20.77, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 33.71, 231.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0831 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.111 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7906, 33.8902, 62.2445)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AACC #CC5836

analogous

#36CCA3 #36AACC #365FCC

triadic

#36AACC #CC36AA #AACC36

tetradic

#36AACC #A336CC #CC5836 #5FCC36

square

#36AACC #A336CC #CC5836 #5FCC36

split-complementary

#36AACC #CC365F #CCA336

monochromatic

#1B5A6C #28829D #36AACC #67BFD8 #98D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#36AACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#36AACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AACC

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AACC	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.111 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3db',
    500: '#36aacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aacc;
$custom-light: #82c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68872,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AACC

secondary

#D09D8E

accent

#6945E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AACC

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

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