#36B5DF#36B5DF

#36B5DF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.122 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5DF
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -20.30, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 36.94, 236.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0865 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.122 225)
XYZ	xyz(31.3590, 39.1559, 75.7028)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5DF #DF6036

analogous

#36DFB4 #36B5DF #3661DF

triadic

#36B5DF #DF36B5 #B5DF36

tetradic

#36B5DF #B436DF #DF6036 #61DF36

square

#36B5DF #B436DF #DF6036 #61DF36

split-complementary

#36B5DF #DF3661 #DFB436

monochromatic

#156A85 #1E93BA #36B5DF #6BC8E7 #A0DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36B5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#36B5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5DF

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5DF	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.122 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbe9',
    500: '#36b5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5df;
$custom-light: #85cbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.911,
    "s": 72.532,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72313,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.3916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5DF

secondary

#DCA695

accent

#6639EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5DF

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

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