#36AAD0#36AAD0

#36AAD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.114 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAD0
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 208)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 18.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -19.46, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 34.53, 235.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0816 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.114 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2765, 34.0846, 64.8037)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAD0 #D05C36

analogous

#36D0A9 #36AAD0 #365DD0

triadic

#36AAD0 #D036AA #AAD036

tetradic

#36AAD0 #A936D0 #D05C36 #5DD036

square

#36AAD0 #A936D0 #D05C36 #5DD036

split-complementary

#36AAD0 #D0365D #D0A936

monochromatic

#1A5C71 #2684A3 #36AAD0 #68BFDC #99D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#36AAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#36AAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAD0

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAD0	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.114 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3de',
    500: '#36aad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aad0;
$custom-light: #83c3de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.805,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69047,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAD0

secondary

#D3A08F

accent

#6B43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAD0

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

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