#36AED9#36AED9

#36AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.120 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36AED9
RGBrgb(54, 174, 217)
HSLhsl(196, 68%, 53%)
HSVhsv(196, 75%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(75.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.57, -18.61, -31.12)
CIE-LCHlch(66.57, 36.26, 239.12°)
OKLaboklab(70.4% -0.0821 -0.0873)
OKLCHoklch(70.4% 0.12 226.8)
XYZxyz(29.1766, 36.0626, 71.0553)
Luminance0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36AED9 #D96136
analogous
#36D9B2 #36AED9 #365CD9
triadic
#36AED9 #D936AE #AED936
tetradic
#36AED9 #B236D9 #D96136 #5CD936
square
#36AED9 #B236D9 #D96136 #5CD936
split-complementary
#36AED9 #D9365C #D9B236
monochromatic
#18627D #218BB0 #36AED9 #69C3E3 #9DD7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#36AED9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21
#36AED9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AED9
8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36AED9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36AED91.002.568.218.21
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2121.001.001.00
##0000008.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97ABDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#819BD8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BABC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.120 226.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6e5',
    500: '#36aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36aed9;
$custom-light: #84c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.828,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70396,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36AED9
secondary
#D9A592
accent
#6B3DEB
background
#F8FCFE
surface
#F0F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1315
muted
#7D8284

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#36AED9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva