#36AECC#36AECC

#36AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.111 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AECC
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -22.84, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 33.65, 227.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.087 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.111 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5519, 35.4127, 62.4983)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AECC #CC5436

analogous

#36CC9F #36AECC #3663CC

triadic

#36AECC #CC36AE #AECC36

tetradic

#36AECC #9F36CC #CC5436 #63CC36

square

#36AECC #9F36CC #CC5436 #63CC36

split-complementary

#36AECC #CC3663 #CC9F36

monochromatic

#1B5C6C #28869D #36AECC #67C2D8 #98D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#36AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#36AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AECC

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AECC	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.111 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6db',
    500: '#36aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aecc;
$custom-light: #82c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69831,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AECC

secondary

#D09B8E

accent

#6545E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AECC

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

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