#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
RGBrgb(54, 172, 212)
HSLhsl(195, 65%, 52%)
HSVhsv(195, 75%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(74.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.78, -19.20, -29.58)
CIE-LCHlch(65.78, 35.27, 237.01°)
OKLaboklab(69.7% -0.082 -0.0829)
OKLCHoklch(69.7% 0.117 225.3)
XYZxyz(28.1526, 35.0394, 67.5541)
Luminance0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##36ACD41.002.628.018.01
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0121.001.001.00
##0000008.0121.001.001.00

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

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#36ACD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva