#36ACD0#36ACD0

#36ACD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36ACD0
RGBrgb(54, 172, 208)
HSLhsl(194, 62%, 51%)
HSVhsv(194, 74%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 17.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.62, -20.51, -27.61)
CIE-LCHlch(65.62, 34.39, 233.39°)
OKLaboklab(69.52% -0.0835 -0.0773)
OKLCHoklch(69.52% 0.114 222.8)
XYZxyz(27.6543, 34.8401, 64.9296)
Luminance0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36ACD0 #D05A36
analogous
#36D0A7 #36ACD0 #365FD0
triadic
#36ACD0 #D036AC #ACD036
tetradic
#36ACD0 #A736D0 #D05A36 #5FD036
square
#36ACD0 #A736D0 #D05A36 #5FD036
split-complementary
#36ACD0 #D0365F #D0A736
monochromatic
#1A5D71 #2686A3 #36ACD0 #68C0DC #99D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64
#36ACD0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97
#36ACD0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACD0
7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36ACD0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36ACD01.002.647.977.97
#FFFFFF2.641.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9721.001.001.00
##0000007.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97A8D2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8299D0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36acd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 222.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5de',
    500: '#36acd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36acd0;
$custom-light: #83c5de;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36acd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69523,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36ACD0
secondary
#D39F8F
accent
#6943E5
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#36ACD0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva