#36AFCD#36AFCD

#36AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.112 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFCD
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -23.03, -24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 33.81, 227.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0876 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.112 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8661, 35.8487, 63.1966)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFCD #CD5436

analogous

#36CDA0 #36AFCD #3663CD

triadic

#36AFCD #CD36AF #AFCD36

tetradic

#36AFCD #A036CD #CD5436 #63CD36

square

#36AFCD #A036CD #CD5436 #63CD36

split-complementary

#36AFCD #CD3663 #CDA036

monochromatic

#1B5D6D #27879E #36AFCD #67C3D9 #98D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#36AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFCD

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFCD	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)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.112 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7dc',
    500: '#36afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afcd;
$custom-light: #83c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.921,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70112,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFCD

secondary

#D19B8E

accent

#6444E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFCD

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

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