#36ADD9#36ADD9

#36ADD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.120 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ADD9
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -18.08, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 36.38, 240.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0811 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.12 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9841, 35.6777, 70.9911)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ADD9 #D96236

analogous

#36D9B3 #36ADD9 #365BD9

triadic

#36ADD9 #D936AD #ADD936

tetradic

#36ADD9 #B336D9 #D96236 #5BD936

square

#36ADD9 #B336D9 #D96236 #5BD936

split-complementary

#36ADD9 #D9365B #D9B336

monochromatic

#18627D #218AB0 #36ADD9 #69C2E3 #9DD7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#36ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ADD9

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ADD9	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.120 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5e5',
    500: '#36add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36add9;
$custom-light: #84c5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.196,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7016,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ADD9

secondary

#D9A592

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ADD9

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

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