#36AECD#36AECD

#36AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.112 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AECD
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -22.52, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 33.80, 228.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0866 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.112 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6722, 35.4609, 63.1320)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AECD #CD5536

analogous

#36CDA0 #36AECD #3662CD

triadic

#36AECD #CD36AE #AECD36

tetradic

#36AECD #A036CD #CD5536 #62CD36

square

#36AECD #A036CD #CD5536 #62CD36

split-complementary

#36AECD #CD3662 #CDA036

monochromatic

#1B5D6D #27869E #36AECD #67C2D9 #98D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#36AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AECD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AECD	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.112 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6dc',
    500: '#36aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aecd;
$custom-light: #82c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.318,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69873,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AECD

secondary

#D19C8E

accent

#6544E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AECD

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

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