#36AFD3#36AFD3

#36AFD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.115 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFD3
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 211)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -21.09, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 34.83, 232.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0853 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.115 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6043, 36.1440, 67.0843)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFD3 #D35A36

analogous

#36D3A9 #36AFD3 #3661D3

triadic

#36AFD3 #D336AF #AFD336

tetradic

#36AFD3 #A936D3 #D35A36 #61D336

square

#36AFD3 #A936D3 #D35A36 #61D336

split-complementary

#36AFD3 #D33661 #D3A936

monochromatic

#1A6075 #2589A7 #36AFD3 #68C3DE #9AD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36AFD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#36AFD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFD3

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFD3	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.115 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7e0',
    500: '#36afd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afd3;
$custom-light: #83c7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.758,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70368,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFD3

secondary

#D5A090

accent

#6741E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFD3

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

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