#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
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 17.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -20.51, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 34.39, 233.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0835 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.114 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6543, 34.8401, 64.9296)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##36ACD0	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #36ACD0

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

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