#36AADD#36AADD

#36AADD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.125 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AADD
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -15.14, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 38.04, 246.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0769 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.125 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9419, 34.7507, 73.5748)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AADD #DD6936

analogous

#36DDBC #36AADD #3657DD

triadic

#36AADD #DD36AA #AADD36

tetradic

#36AADD #BC36DD #DD6936 #57DD36

square

#36AADD #BC36DD #DD6936 #57DD36

split-complementary

#36AADD #DD3657 #DDBC36

monochromatic

#166183 #1F88B7 #36AADD #6AC0E6 #9FD6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#36AADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#36AADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AADD

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AADD	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3e7',
    500: '#36aadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aadd;
$custom-light: #84c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.323,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6964,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AADD

secondary

#DBAA94

accent

#713AEE

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AADD

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

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