#36AED1#36AED1

#36AED1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AED1
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 209)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -21.22, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 34.49, 232.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.085 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.114 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1612, 35.6565, 65.7074)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AED1 #D15936

analogous

#36D1A6 #36AED1 #3661D1

triadic

#36AED1 #D136AE #AED136

tetradic

#36AED1 #A636D1 #D15936 #61D136

square

#36AED1 #A636D1 #D15936 #61D136

split-complementary

#36AED1 #D13661 #D1A636

monochromatic

#1A5E72 #2688A4 #36AED1 #68C2DC #9AD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36AED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#36AED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AED1

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AED1	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6df',
    500: '#36aed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aed1;
$custom-light: #83c6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70044,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AED1

secondary

#D39F8F

accent

#6742E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AED1

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

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