#36ACD3#36ACD3

#36ACD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.116 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACD3
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -19.53, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 35.04, 236.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0824 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.116 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0269, 34.9891, 66.8918)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACD3 #D35D36

analogous

#36D3AB #36ACD3 #365ED3

triadic

#36ACD3 #D336AC #ACD336

tetradic

#36ACD3 #AB36D3 #D35D36 #5ED336

square

#36ACD3 #AB36D3 #D35D36 #5ED336

split-complementary

#36ACD3 #D3365E #D3AB36

monochromatic

#1A5E75 #2587A7 #36ACD3 #68C1DE #9AD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#36ACD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#36ACD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACD3

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACD3	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.116 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4e0',
    500: '#36acd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acd3;
$custom-light: #83c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.904,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69655,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACD3

secondary

#D5A190

accent

#6A41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACD3

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

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