#36ACD1#36ACD1

#36ACD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.114 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACD1
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 209)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 17.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -20.18, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 34.60, 234.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0831 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.114 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7777, 34.8895, 65.5796)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACD1 #D15B36

analogous

#36D1A9 #36ACD1 #365FD1

triadic

#36ACD1 #D136AC #ACD136

tetradic

#36ACD1 #A936D1 #D15B36 #5FD136

square

#36ACD1 #A936D1 #D15B36 #5FD136

split-complementary

#36ACD1 #D1365F #D1A936

monochromatic

#1A5D72 #2686A4 #36ACD1 #68C1DC #9AD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#36ACD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#36ACD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACD1

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACD1	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.114 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4df',
    500: '#36acd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acd1;
$custom-light: #83c4df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.323,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69567,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACD1

secondary

#D3A08F

accent

#6942E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACD1

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

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