#36ACD5#36ACD5

#36ACD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.117 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36ACD5
RGBrgb(54, 172, 213)
HSLhsl(195, 65%, 52%)
HSVhsv(195, 75%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(65.82, -18.87, -30.07)
CIE-LCHlch(65.82, 35.50, 237.89°)
OKLaboklab(69.74% -0.0816 -0.0843)
OKLCHoklch(69.74% 0.117 225.9)
XYZxyz(28.2791, 35.0900, 68.2205)
Luminance0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36ACD5 #D55F36
analogous
#36D5AF #36ACD5 #365CD5
triadic
#36ACD5 #D536AC #ACD536
tetradic
#36ACD5 #AF36D5 #D55F36 #5CD536
square
#36ACD5 #AF36D5 #D55F36 #5CD536
split-complementary
#36ACD5 #D5365C #D5AF36
monochromatic
#195F78 #2488AA #36ACD5 #69C1E0 #9BD6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62
#36ACD5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02
#36ACD5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACD5
8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36ACD5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36ACD51.002.628.028.02
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0221.001.001.00
##0000008.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96A9D7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8099D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36acd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.117 225.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4e2',
    500: '#36acd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36acd5;
$custom-light: #83c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36acd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.472,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69744,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36ACD5
secondary
#D6A391
accent
#6B3FE8
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#36ACD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva