#36AEDD#36AEDD

#36AEDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.123 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEDD
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -17.28, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 37.31, 242.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0806 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.123 229)
XYZ	xyz(29.7032, 36.2733, 73.8286)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEDD #DD6536

analogous

#36DDB9 #36AEDD #365BDD

triadic

#36AEDD #DD36AE #AEDD36

tetradic

#36AEDD #B936DD #DD6536 #5BDD36

square

#36AEDD #B936DD #DD6536 #5BDD36

split-complementary

#36AEDD #DD365B #DDB936

monochromatic

#166483 #1F8CB7 #36AEDD #6AC3E6 #9FD8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#36AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEDD

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEDD	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ABDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.123 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6e7',
    500: '#36aedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aedd;
$custom-light: #85c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.886,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70577,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.36277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEDD

secondary

#DBA894

accent

#6D3AEE

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEDD

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

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