#36AEDA#36AEDA

#36AEDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEDA
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -18.28, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 36.51, 239.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0817 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.121 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3071, 36.1148, 71.7423)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEDA #DA6236

analogous

#36DAB4 #36AEDA #365CDA

triadic

#36AEDA #DA36AE #AEDA36

tetradic

#36AEDA #B436DA #DA6236 #5CDA36

square

#36AEDA #B436DA #DA6236 #5CDA36

split-complementary

#36AEDA #DA365C #DAB436

monochromatic

#17637E #218BB2 #36AEDA #6AC3E4 #9DD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36AEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#36AEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEDA

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEDA	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aeda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6e5',
    500: '#36aeda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aeda;
$custom-light: #84c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aeda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70441,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEDA

secondary

#D9A693

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEDA

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

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