#36AFDD#36AFDD

#36AFDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.123 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFDD
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -17.81, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 37.16, 241.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0816 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.123 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8971, 36.6611, 73.8932)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFDD #DD6436

analogous

#36DDB8 #36AFDD #365CDD

triadic

#36AFDD #DD36AF #AFDD36

tetradic

#36AFDD #B836DD #DD6436 #5CDD36

square

#36AFDD #B836DD #DD6436 #5CDD36

split-complementary

#36AFDD #DD365C #DDB836

monochromatic

#166583 #1F8DB7 #36AFDD #6AC4E6 #9FD9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#36AFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#36AFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFDD

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFDD	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.123 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7e7',
    500: '#36afdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afdd;
$custom-light: #85c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.527,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70812,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFDD

secondary

#DBA794

accent

#6C3AEE

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFDD

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

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