#36AED5#36AED5

#36AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.117 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AED5
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -19.92, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 35.31, 235.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0835 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.117 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6627, 35.8571, 68.3484)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AED5 #D55D36

analogous

#36D5AD #36AED5 #365FD5

triadic

#36AED5 #D536AE #AED536

tetradic

#36AED5 #AD36D5 #D55D36 #5FD536

square

#36AED5 #AD36D5 #D55D36 #5FD536

split-complementary

#36AED5 #D5365F #D5AD36

monochromatic

#196078 #2489AA #36AED5 #69C2E0 #9BD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#36AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AED5

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AED5	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.117 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6e2',
    500: '#36aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aed5;
$custom-light: #84c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70218,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AED5

secondary

#D6A291

accent

#693FE8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AED5

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

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