#36B4DD#36B4DD

#36B4DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4DD
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -20.43, -30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 36.58, 236.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0863 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.121 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8883, 38.6435, 74.2236)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4DD #DD5F36

analogous

#36DDB3 #36B4DD #3661DD

triadic

#36B4DD #DD36B4 #B4DD36

tetradic

#36B4DD #B336DD #DD5F36 #61DD36

square

#36B4DD #B336DD #DD5F36 #61DD36

split-complementary

#36B4DD #DD3661 #DDB336

monochromatic

#166883 #1F92B7 #36B4DD #6AC8E6 #9FDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36B4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#36B4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4DD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4DD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cae7',
    500: '#36b4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4dd;
$custom-light: #85cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.731,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71989,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4DD

secondary

#DBA594

accent

#663AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4DD

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

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