#36ADC5#36ADC5

#36ADC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.107 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ADC5
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 197)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -24.55, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 32.76, 221.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0888 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.107 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5387, 34.6995, 58.1115)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ADC5 #C54E36

analogous

#36C596 #36ADC5 #3666C5

triadic

#36ADC5 #C536AD #ADC536

tetradic

#36ADC5 #9636C5 #C54E36 #66C536

square

#36ADC5 #9636C5 #C54E36 #66C536

split-complementary

#36ADC5 #C53666 #C59636

monochromatic

#1C5965 #298395 #36ADC5 #64C2D4 #94D5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#36ADC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#36ADC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ADC5

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ADC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ADC5	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8899C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36adc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.107 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d6',
    500: '#36adc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36adc5;
$custom-light: #81c5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36adc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.07,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.693,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ADC5

secondary

#CD958A

accent

#6148E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ADC5

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

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