#36AAD2#36AAD2

#36AAD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.116 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAD2
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 19%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -18.81, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 34.99, 237.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0808 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.116 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5241, 34.1836, 66.1077)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAD2 #D25E36

analogous

#36D2AC #36AAD2 #365CD2

triadic

#36AAD2 #D236AA #AAD236

tetradic

#36AAD2 #AC36D2 #D25E36 #5CD236

square

#36AAD2 #AC36D2 #D25E36 #5CD236

split-complementary

#36AAD2 #D2365C #D2AC36

monochromatic

#1A5D74 #2585A6 #36AAD2 #68BFDD #9AD4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#36AAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#36AAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAD2

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAD2	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)

#94A7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F97D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.116 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3e0',
    500: '#36aad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aad2;
$custom-light: #83c3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69136,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAD2

secondary

#D4A190

accent

#6C41E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAD2

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

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