#36ABDD#36ABDD

#36ABDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.124 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABDD
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -15.68, -34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 37.84, 245.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0778 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.124 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1301, 35.1271, 73.6375)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABDD #DD6836

analogous

#36DDBC #36ABDD #3658DD

triadic

#36ABDD #DD36AB #ABDD36

tetradic

#36ABDD #BC36DD #DD6836 #58DD36

square

#36ABDD #BC36DD #DD6836 #58DD36

split-complementary

#36ABDD #DD3658 #DDBC36

monochromatic

#166283 #1F89B7 #36ABDD #6AC1E6 #9FD7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#36ABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#36ABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABDD

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABDD	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.124 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4e7',
    500: '#36abdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abdd;
$custom-light: #84c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.964,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69874,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABDD

secondary

#DBA994

accent

#703AEE

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABDD

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

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