#36ABDA#36ABDA

#36ABDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.122 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABDA
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -16.68, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 36.96, 243.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0789 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.122 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7340, 34.9686, 71.5513)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABDA #DA6536

analogous

#36DAB7 #36ABDA #3659DA

triadic

#36ABDA #DA36AB #ABDA36

tetradic

#36ABDA #B736DA #DA6536 #59DA36

square

#36ABDA #B736DA #DA6536 #59DA36

split-complementary

#36ABDA #DA3659 #DAB736

monochromatic

#17617E #2188B2 #36ABDA #6AC1E4 #9DD6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#36ABDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#36ABDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABDA

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABDA	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.122 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4e5',
    500: '#36abda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abda;
$custom-light: #84c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.195,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69735,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABDA

secondary

#D9A793

accent

#6E3CEC

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABDA

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

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