#36AED0#36AED0

#36AED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.113 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AED0
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -21.55, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 34.31, 231.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0854 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.113 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0378, 35.6071, 65.0574)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AED0 #D05836

analogous

#36D0A5 #36AED0 #3661D0

triadic

#36AED0 #D036AE #AED036

tetradic

#36AED0 #A536D0 #D05836 #61D036

square

#36AED0 #A536D0 #D05836 #61D036

split-complementary

#36AED0 #D03661 #D0A536

monochromatic

#1A5E71 #2687A3 #36AED0 #68C2DC #99D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#36AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AED0

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AED0	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.113 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6de',
    500: '#36aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aed0;
$custom-light: #83c6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.247,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70001,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AED0

secondary

#D39E8F

accent

#6743E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AED0

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

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