#36ADD4#36ADD4

#36ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.116 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ADD4
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -19.73, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 35.17, 235.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.083 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.116 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3437, 35.4215, 67.6178)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ADD4 #D45D36

analogous

#36D4AC #36ADD4 #365ED4

triadic

#36ADD4 #D436AD #ADD436

tetradic

#36ADD4 #AC36D4 #D45D36 #5ED436

square

#36ADD4 #AC36D4 #D45D36 #5ED436

split-complementary

#36ADD4 #D4365E #D4AC36

monochromatic

#195F76 #2488A9 #36ADD4 #68C2DF #9BD6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#36ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#36ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ADD4

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ADD4	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.116 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5e1',
    500: '#36add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36add4;
$custom-light: #83c5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.81,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69937,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ADD4

secondary

#D5A190

accent

#6940E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ADD4

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

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