#36ACD2#36ACD2

#36ACD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACD2
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, -19.86, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 34.81, 235.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0827 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.115 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9019, 34.9391, 66.2337)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACD2 #D25C36

analogous

#36D2AA #36ACD2 #365ED2

triadic

#36ACD2 #D236AC #ACD236

tetradic

#36ACD2 #AA36D2 #D25C36 #5ED236

square

#36ACD2 #AA36D2 #D25C36 #5ED236

split-complementary

#36ACD2 #D2365E #D2AA36

monochromatic

#1A5E74 #2586A6 #36ACD2 #68C1DD #9AD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#36ACD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#36ACD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACD2

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACD2	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)

#97A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4e0',
    500: '#36acd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acd2;
$custom-light: #83c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.615,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69611,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACD2

secondary

#D4A090

accent

#6A41E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACD2

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

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