#36AFD4#36AFD4

#36AFD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.116 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFD4
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -20.77, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 35.03, 233.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0849 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.116 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7300, 36.1943, 67.7466)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFD4 #D45B36

analogous

#36D4AA #36AFD4 #3660D4

triadic

#36AFD4 #D436AF #AFD436

tetradic

#36AFD4 #AA36D4 #D45B36 #60D436

square

#36AFD4 #AA36D4 #D45B36 #60D436

split-complementary

#36AFD4 #D43660 #D4AA36

monochromatic

#196176 #248AA9 #36AFD4 #68C3DF #9BD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36AFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#36AFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFD4

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFD4	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.116 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7e1',
    500: '#36afd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afd4;
$custom-light: #83c7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.051,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70412,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFD4

secondary

#D5A190

accent

#6740E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFD4

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

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