#36B1DD#36B1DD

#36B1DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.122 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1DD
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -18.86, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 36.89, 239.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0835 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.122 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2892, 37.4454, 74.0239)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1DD #DD6236

analogous

#36DDB5 #36B1DD #365EDD

triadic

#36B1DD #DD36B1 #B1DD36

tetradic

#36B1DD #B536DD #DD6236 #5EDD36

square

#36B1DD #B536DD #DD6236 #5EDD36

split-complementary

#36B1DD #DD365E #DDB536

monochromatic

#166683 #1F8FB7 #36B1DD #6AC5E6 #9FDAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#36B1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1DD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1DD	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.122 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c8e7',
    500: '#36b1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1dd;
$custom-light: #85c8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.808,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71283,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1DD

secondary

#DBA794

accent

#693AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1DD

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

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