#36ABD5#36ABD5

#36ABD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.118 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABD5
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -18.34, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 35.62, 239.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0807 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.118 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0895, 34.7108, 68.1573)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABD5 #D56036

analogous

#36D5AF #36ABD5 #365CD5

triadic

#36ABD5 #D536AB #ABD536

tetradic

#36ABD5 #AF36D5 #D56036 #5CD536

square

#36ABD5 #AF36D5 #D56036 #5CD536

split-complementary

#36ABD5 #D5365C #D5AF36

monochromatic

#195F78 #2487AA #36ABD5 #69C0E0 #9BD5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#36ABD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#36ABD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABD5

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABD5	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.118 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4e2',
    500: '#36abd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abd5;
$custom-light: #83c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69507,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABD5

secondary

#D6A391

accent

#6C3FE8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABD5

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

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