#36ADDD#36ADDD

#36ADDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ADDD
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -16.75, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 37.48, 243.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0797 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.123 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5107, 35.8883, 73.7644)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ADDD #DD6636

analogous

#36DDBA #36ADDD #365ADD

triadic

#36ADDD #DD36AD #ADDD36

tetradic

#36ADDD #BA36DD #DD6636 #5ADD36

square

#36ADDD #BA36DD #DD6636 #5ADD36

split-complementary

#36ADDD #DD365A #DDBA36

monochromatic

#166383 #1F8BB7 #36ADDD #6AC2E6 #9FD8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36ADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#36ADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ADDD

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ADDD	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36addd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5e7',
    500: '#36addd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36addd;
$custom-light: #85c5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36addd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.246,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70343,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ADDD

secondary

#DBA894

accent

#6E3AEE

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ADDD

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

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