#36AAD3#36AAD3

#36AAD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.116 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAD3
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -18.48, -30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 35.24, 238.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0804 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.116 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6491, 34.2336, 66.7659)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAD3 #D35F36

analogous

#36D3AE #36AAD3 #365BD3

triadic

#36AAD3 #D336AA #AAD336

tetradic

#36AAD3 #AE36D3 #D35F36 #5BD336

square

#36AAD3 #AE36D3 #D35F36 #5BD336

split-complementary

#36AAD3 #D3365B #D3AE36

monochromatic

#1A5D75 #2585A7 #36AAD3 #68BFDE #9AD4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#36AAD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#36AAD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAD3

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAD3	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F97D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.116 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3e0',
    500: '#36aad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aad3;
$custom-light: #83c3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.669,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6918,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAD3

secondary

#D5A290

accent

#6C41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAD3

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

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