#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
RGBrgb(54, 181, 223)
HSLhsl(195, 73%, 54%)
HSVhsv(195, 76%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(75.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.86, -20.30, -30.86)
CIE-LCHlch(68.86, 36.94, 236.67°)
OKLaboklab(72.31% -0.0865 -0.0865)
OKLCHoklch(72.31% 0.122 225)
XYZxyz(31.3590, 39.1559, 75.7028)
Luminance0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##36B5DF1.002.388.838.83
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8321.001.001.00
##0000008.8321.001.001.00

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

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#36B5DF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva