#36ACDD#36ACDD

#36ACDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.124 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36ACDD
RGBrgb(54, 172, 221)
HSLhsl(198, 71%, 54%)
HSVhsv(198, 76%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(75.6%, 22.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.14, -16.22, -33.98)
CIE-LCHlch(66.14, 37.65, 244.49°)
OKLaboklab(70.11% -0.0788 -0.0956)
OKLCHoklch(70.11% 0.124 230.5)
XYZxyz(29.3197, 35.5063, 73.7007)
Luminance0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36ACDD #DD6736
analogous
#36DDBB #36ACDD #3659DD
triadic
#36ACDD #DD36AC #ACDD36
tetradic
#36ACDD #BB36DD #DD6736 #59DD36
square
#36ACDD #BB36DD #DD6736 #59DD36
split-complementary
#36ACDD #DD3659 #DDBB36
monochromatic
#166383 #1F8AB7 #36ACDD #6AC2E6 #9FD7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59
#36ACDD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10
#36ACDD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACDD
8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36ACDD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36ACDD1.002.598.108.10
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1021.001.001.00
##0000008.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93AADF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D9ADC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36acdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.124 230.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e7',
    500: '#36acdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36acdd;
$custom-light: #85c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36acdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.605,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70108,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36ACDD
secondary
#DBA994
accent
#6F3AEE
background
#F8FCFE
surface
#F0F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7D8184

Preview Lab

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