#36B0DD#36B0DD

#36B0DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.122 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0DD
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -18.34, -32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 37.02, 240.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0825 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.122 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0925, 37.0518, 73.9583)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0DD #DD6336

analogous

#36DDB7 #36B0DD #365DDD

triadic

#36B0DD #DD36B0 #B0DD36

tetradic

#36B0DD #B736DD #DD6336 #5DDD36

square

#36B0DD #B736DD #DD6336 #5DDD36

split-complementary

#36B0DD #DD365D #DDB736

monochromatic

#166583 #1F8EB7 #36B0DD #6AC5E6 #9FD9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#36B0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0DD

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0DD	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.122 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7e7',
    500: '#36b0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0dd;
$custom-light: #85c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.168,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71047,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0DD

secondary

#DBA794

accent

#6A3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0DD

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

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