#36AED2#36AED2

#36AED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AED2
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -20.90, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 34.69, 232.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0847 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.115 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2854, 35.7062, 66.3615)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AED2 #D25A36

analogous

#36D2A8 #36AED2 #3660D2

triadic

#36AED2 #D236AE #AED236

tetradic

#36AED2 #A836D2 #D25A36 #60D236

square

#36AED2 #A836D2 #D25A36 #60D236

split-complementary

#36AED2 #D23660 #D2A836

monochromatic

#1A5F74 #2588A6 #36AED2 #68C2DD #9AD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36AED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#36AED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AED2

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AED2	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6e0',
    500: '#36aed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aed2;
$custom-light: #83c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70087,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AED2

secondary

#D49F90

accent

#6741E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AED2

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

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