#36AFD5#36AFD5

#36AFD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.117 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFD5
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -20.44, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 35.24, 234.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0845 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.117 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8566, 36.2449, 68.4130)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFD5 #D55C36

analogous

#36D5AC #36AFD5 #365FD5

triadic

#36AFD5 #D536AF #AFD536

tetradic

#36AFD5 #AC36D5 #D55C36 #5FD536

square

#36AFD5 #AC36D5 #D55C36 #5FD536

split-complementary

#36AFD5 #D5365F #D5AC36

monochromatic

#196178 #248AAA #36AFD5 #69C3E0 #9BD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36AFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#36AFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFD5

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFD5	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.117 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7e2',
    500: '#36afd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afd5;
$custom-light: #84c7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.34,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70455,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFD5

secondary

#D6A191

accent

#683FE8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFD5

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

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