#36B3DD#36B3DD

#36B3DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3DD
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -19.91, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 36.67, 237.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0853 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.121 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6872, 38.2412, 74.1566)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3DD #DD6036

analogous

#36DDB4 #36B3DD #3660DD

triadic

#36B3DD #DD36B3 #B3DD36

tetradic

#36B3DD #B436DD #DD6036 #60DD36

square

#36B3DD #B436DD #DD6036 #60DD36

split-complementary

#36B3DD #DD3660 #DDB436

monochromatic

#166783 #1F91B7 #36B3DD #6AC7E6 #9FDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#36B3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3DD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3DD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9e7',
    500: '#36b3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3dd;
$custom-light: #85c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.09,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71754,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3DD

secondary

#DBA694

accent

#673AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3DD

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

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