#36ACD9#36ACD9

#36ACD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.120 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36ACD9
RGBrgb(54, 172, 217)
HSLhsl(197, 68%, 53%)
HSVhsv(197, 75%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(75.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.98, -17.55, -32.03)
CIE-LCHlch(65.98, 36.52, 241.28°)
OKLaboklab(69.92% -0.0802 -0.0899)
OKLCHoklch(69.92% 0.121 228.3)
XYZxyz(28.7931, 35.2956, 70.9274)
Luminance0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36ACD9 #D96336
analogous
#36D9B4 #36ACD9 #365BD9
triadic
#36ACD9 #D936AC #ACD936
tetradic
#36ACD9 #B436D9 #D96336 #5BD936
square
#36ACD9 #B436D9 #D96336 #5BD936
split-complementary
#36ACD9 #D9365B #D9B436
monochromatic
#18617D #2189B0 #36ACD9 #69C1E3 #9DD7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61
#36ACD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06
#36ACD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACD9
8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36ACD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36ACD91.002.618.068.06
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0621.001.001.00
##0000008.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#94A9DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E99D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36acd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.120 228.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4e5',
    500: '#36acd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36acd9;
$custom-light: #84c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36acd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.564,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69924,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36ACD9
secondary
#D9A692
accent
#6D3DEB
background
#F8FCFE
surface
#F0F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8184

Preview Lab

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#36ACD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva