#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
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 22.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -16.22, -33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 37.65, 244.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0788 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.124 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3197, 35.5063, 73.7007)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##36ACDD	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #36ACDD

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

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