#36ABCD#36ABCD

#36ABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.112 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABCD
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -20.96, -26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 33.86, 231.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0837 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.112 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0991, 34.3147, 62.9409)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABCD #CD5836

analogous

#36CDA3 #36ABCD #365FCD

triadic

#36ABCD #CD36AB #ABCD36

tetradic

#36ABCD #A336CD #CD5836 #5FCD36

square

#36ABCD #A336CD #CD5836 #5FCD36

split-complementary

#36ABCD #CD365F #CDA336

monochromatic

#1B5B6D #27849E #36ABCD #67BFD9 #98D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#36ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#36ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABCD

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABCD	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.112 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4dc',
    500: '#36abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abcd;
$custom-light: #82c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.51,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69155,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABCD

secondary

#D19D8E

accent

#6844E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABCD

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

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