#36ACD4#36ACD4

#36ACD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.117 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACD4
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -19.20, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 35.27, 237.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.082 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.117 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1526, 35.0394, 67.5541)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACD4 #D45E36

analogous

#36D4AD #36ACD4 #365DD4

triadic

#36ACD4 #D436AC #ACD436

tetradic

#36ACD4 #AD36D4 #D45E36 #5DD436

square

#36ACD4 #AD36D4 #D45E36 #5DD436

split-complementary

#36ACD4 #D4365D #D4AD36

monochromatic

#195F76 #2487A9 #36ACD4 #68C1DF #9BD6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#36ACD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#36ACD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACD4

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACD4	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.117 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4e1',
    500: '#36acd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acd4;
$custom-light: #83c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.19,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69699,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACD4

secondary

#D5A290

accent

#6B40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACD4

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

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