#36B2DD#36B2DD

#36B2DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.122 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2DD
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -19.39, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 36.78, 238.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0844 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.122 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4875, 37.8419, 74.0900)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2DD #DD6136

analogous

#36DDB5 #36B2DD #365FDD

triadic

#36B2DD #DD36B2 #B2DD36

tetradic

#36B2DD #B536DD #DD6136 #5FDD36

square

#36B2DD #B536DD #DD6136 #5FDD36

split-complementary

#36B2DD #DD365F #DDB536

monochromatic

#166783 #1F90B7 #36B2DD #6AC6E6 #9FDAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#36B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2DD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2DD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.122 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9e7',
    500: '#36b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2dd;
$custom-light: #85c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.449,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71518,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2DD

secondary

#DBA694

accent

#683AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2DD

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

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