#36ADD7#36ADD7

#36ADD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ADD7
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -18.74, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 35.88, 238.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0819 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.119 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7256, 35.5743, 69.6294)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ADD7 #D76036

analogous

#36D7B0 #36ADD7 #365DD7

triadic

#36ADD7 #D736AD #ADD736

tetradic

#36ADD7 #B036D7 #D76036 #5DD736

square

#36ADD7 #B036D7 #D76036 #5DD736

split-complementary

#36ADD7 #D7365D #D7B036

monochromatic

#18617A #2289AD #36ADD7 #69C2E1 #9CD7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36ADD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#36ADD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ADD7

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ADD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ADD7	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36add7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5e3',
    500: '#36add7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36add7;
$custom-light: #84c5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36add7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7007,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ADD7

secondary

#D7A492

accent

#6B3EEA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ADD7

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

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