#36AED3#36AED3

#36AED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AED3
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -20.57, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 34.89, 233.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0843 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.115 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4104, 35.7561, 67.0197)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AED3 #D35B36

analogous

#36D3AA #36AED3 #3660D3

triadic

#36AED3 #D336AE #AED336

tetradic

#36AED3 #AA36D3 #D35B36 #60D336

square

#36AED3 #AA36D3 #D35B36 #60D336

split-complementary

#36AED3 #D33660 #D3AA36

monochromatic

#1A5F75 #2588A7 #36AED3 #68C2DE #9AD6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#36AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AED3

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AED3	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6e0',
    500: '#36aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aed3;
$custom-light: #83c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.14,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7013,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AED3

secondary

#D5A090

accent

#6841E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AED3

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

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