#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
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -17.55, -32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 36.52, 241.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0802 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.121 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7931, 35.2956, 70.9274)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##36ACD9	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #36ACD9

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

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