#36ABD0#36ABD0

#36ABD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABD0
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 17.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -19.99, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 34.46, 234.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0825 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.114 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4647, 34.4609, 64.8664)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABD0 #D05B36

analogous

#36D0A8 #36ABD0 #365ED0

triadic

#36ABD0 #D036AB #ABD036

tetradic

#36ABD0 #A836D0 #D05B36 #5ED036

square

#36ABD0 #A836D0 #D05B36 #5ED036

split-complementary

#36ABD0 #D0365E #D0A836

monochromatic

#1A5C71 #2685A3 #36ABD0 #68C0DC #99D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#36ABD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#36ABD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABD0

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABD0	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4de',
    500: '#36abd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abd0;
$custom-light: #83c4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.416,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69285,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABD0

secondary

#D39F8F

accent

#6A43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABD0

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

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