#36B5DD#36B5DD

#36B5DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.121 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5DD
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -20.95, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 36.50, 234.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0872 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.121 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0909, 39.0487, 74.2911)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5DD #DD5E36

analogous

#36DDB2 #36B5DD #3662DD

triadic

#36B5DD #DD36B5 #B5DD36

tetradic

#36B5DD #B236DD #DD5E36 #62DD36

square

#36B5DD #B236DD #DD5E36 #62DD36

split-complementary

#36B5DD #DD3662 #DDB236

monochromatic

#166983 #1F92B7 #36B5DD #6AC8E6 #9FDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36B5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#36B5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5DD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5DD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.121 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbe7',
    500: '#36b5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5dd;
$custom-light: #85cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.371,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72225,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5DD

secondary

#DBA594

accent

#653AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5DD

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

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