#36AED4#36AED4

#36AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.116 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AED4
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -20.25, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 35.10, 234.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0839 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.116 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5361, 35.8064, 67.6820)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AED4 #D45C36

analogous

#36D4AB #36AED4 #365FD4

triadic

#36AED4 #D436AE #AED436

tetradic

#36AED4 #AB36D4 #D45C36 #5FD436

square

#36AED4 #AB36D4 #D45C36 #5FD436

split-complementary

#36AED4 #D4365F #D4AB36

monochromatic

#196076 #2489A9 #36AED4 #68C2DF #9BD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#36AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AED4

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AED4	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.116 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6e1',
    500: '#36aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aed4;
$custom-light: #83c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.43,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70174,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AED4

secondary

#D5A190

accent

#6840E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AED4

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

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