#36ADCD#36ADCD

#36ADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.112 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ADCD
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -22.00, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 33.81, 229.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0856 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.112 220)
XYZ	xyz(27.4797, 35.0759, 63.0678)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ADCD #CD5636

analogous

#36CDA1 #36ADCD #3661CD

triadic

#36ADCD #CD36AD #ADCD36

tetradic

#36ADCD #A136CD #CD5636 #61CD36

square

#36ADCD #A136CD #CD5636 #61CD36

split-complementary

#36ADCD #CD3661 #CDA136

monochromatic

#1B5C6D #27859E #36ADCD #67C1D9 #98D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#36ADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#36ADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ADCD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ADCD	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36adcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.112 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5dc',
    500: '#36adcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36adcd;
$custom-light: #82c5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36adcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.715,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69633,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.35079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ADCD

secondary

#D19C8E

accent

#6644E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ADCD

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

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