#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
RGBrgb(54, 175, 212)
HSLhsl(194, 65%, 52%)
HSVhsv(194, 75%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(74.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.67, -20.77, -28.21)
CIE-LCHlch(66.67, 35.03, 233.64°)
OKLaboklab(70.41% -0.0849 -0.079)
OKLCHoklch(70.41% 0.116 222.9)
XYZxyz(28.7300, 36.1943, 67.7466)
Luminance0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##36AFD41.002.558.248.24
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2421.001.001.00
##0000008.2421.001.001.00

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

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#36AFD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva