#36ACDA#36ACDA

#36ACDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACDA
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 21.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -17.22, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 36.80, 242.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0798 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.121 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9236, 35.3478, 71.6145)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACDA #DA6436

analogous

#36DAB6 #36ACDA #365ADA

triadic

#36ACDA #DA36AC #ACDA36

tetradic

#36ACDA #B636DA #DA6436 #5ADA36

square

#36ACDA #B636DA #DA6436 #5ADA36

split-complementary

#36ACDA #DA365A #DAB636

monochromatic

#17617E #2189B2 #36ACDA #6AC1E4 #9DD7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#36ACDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#36ACDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACDA

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACDA	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4e5',
    500: '#36acda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acda;
$custom-light: #84c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.829,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6997,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACDA

secondary

#D9A693

accent

#6D3CEC

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACDA

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

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