#36AEC8#36AEC8

#36AEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.109 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEC8
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -24.11, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 33.13, 223.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0885 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.109 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0783, 35.2233, 60.0040)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEC8 #C85036

analogous

#36C899 #36AEC8 #3665C8

triadic

#36AEC8 #C836AE #AEC836

tetradic

#36AEC8 #9936C8 #C85036 #65C836

square

#36AEC8 #9936C8 #C85036 #65C836

split-complementary

#36AEC8 #C83665 #C89936

monochromatic

#1C5A68 #298498 #36AEC8 #66C2D6 #96D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#36AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#36AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEC8

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEC8	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.109 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6d8',
    500: '#36aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aec8;
$custom-light: #82c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.685,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69664,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEC8

secondary

#CE988C

accent

#6247E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEC8

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

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