#36ADD5#36ADD5

#36ADD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.117 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ADD5
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -19.40, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 35.40, 236.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0826 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.117 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4702, 35.4721, 68.2842)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ADD5 #D55E36

analogous

#36D5AD #36ADD5 #365ED5

triadic

#36ADD5 #D536AD #ADD536

tetradic

#36ADD5 #AD36D5 #D55E36 #5ED536

square

#36ADD5 #AD36D5 #D55E36 #5ED536

split-complementary

#36ADD5 #D5365E #D5AD36

monochromatic

#196078 #2488AA #36ADD5 #69C2E0 #9BD6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36ADD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#36ADD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ADD5

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ADD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ADD5	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36add5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.117 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5e2',
    500: '#36add5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36add5;
$custom-light: #83c5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36add5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.094,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69981,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ADD5

secondary

#D6A291

accent

#6A3FE8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ADD5

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

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