#36ADD1#36ADD1

#36ADD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.114 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ADD1
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 209)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -20.71, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 34.54, 233.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0841 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.114 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9687, 35.2715, 65.6433)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ADD1 #D15A36

analogous

#36D1A7 #36ADD1 #3660D1

triadic

#36ADD1 #D136AD #ADD136

tetradic

#36ADD1 #A736D1 #D15A36 #60D136

square

#36ADD1 #A736D1 #D15A36 #60D136

split-complementary

#36ADD1 #D13660 #D1A736

monochromatic

#1A5E72 #2687A4 #36ADD1 #68C1DC #9AD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#36ADD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#36ADD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ADD1

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ADD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ADD1	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36add1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.114 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5df',
    500: '#36add1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36add1;
$custom-light: #83c5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36add1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.935,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69805,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ADD1

secondary

#D39F8F

accent

#6842E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ADD1

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

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