#36ABD4#36ABD4

#36ABD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABD4
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -18.67, -30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 35.37, 238.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.081 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.117 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9630, 34.6602, 67.4909)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABD4 #D45F36

analogous

#36D4AE #36ABD4 #365CD4

triadic

#36ABD4 #D436AB #ABD436

tetradic

#36ABD4 #AE36D4 #D45F36 #5CD436

square

#36ABD4 #AE36D4 #D45F36 #5CD436

split-complementary

#36ABD4 #D4365C #D4AE36

monochromatic

#195E76 #2486A9 #36ABD4 #68C0DF #9BD5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#36ABD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#36ABD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABD4

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABD4	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4e1',
    500: '#36abd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abd4;
$custom-light: #83c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.57,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69462,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABD4

secondary

#D5A290

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABD4

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

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