#36ADD3#36ADD3

#36ADD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.116 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ADD3
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 18%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -20.05, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 34.96, 234.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0833 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.116 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2179, 35.3712, 66.9555)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ADD3 #D35C36

analogous

#36D3AA #36ADD3 #365FD3

triadic

#36ADD3 #D336AD #ADD336

tetradic

#36ADD3 #AA36D3 #D35C36 #5FD336

square

#36ADD3 #AA36D3 #D35C36 #5FD336

split-complementary

#36ADD3 #D3365F #D3AA36

monochromatic

#1A5F75 #2588A7 #36ADD3 #68C1DE #9AD6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#36ADD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#36ADD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ADD3

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ADD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ADD3	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36add3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.116 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5e0',
    500: '#36add3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36add3;
$custom-light: #83c5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36add3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.522,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69893,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ADD3

secondary

#D5A190

accent

#6941E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ADD3

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

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