#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
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -18.61, -31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 36.26, 239.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0821 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.12 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1766, 36.0626, 71.0553)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##36AED9	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AED9

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

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