#36BAE3#36BAE3

#36BAE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.124 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAE3
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -21.58, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 37.40, 234.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0897 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.124 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9396, 41.4441, 78.9216)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAE3 #E35F36

analogous

#36E3B6 #36BAE3 #3663E3

triadic

#36BAE3 #E336BA #BAE336

tetradic

#36BAE3 #B636E3 #E35F36 #63E336

square

#36BAE3 #B636E3 #E35F36 #63E336

split-complementary

#36BAE3 #E33663 #E3B636

monochromatic

#136F8B #1B9AC1 #36BAE3 #6CCCEA #A1DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#36BAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#36BAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAE3

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAE3	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.124 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfec',
    500: '#36bae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bae3;
$custom-light: #86cfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.22,
    "s": 75.546,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73665,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAE3

secondary

#DFA796

accent

#6236F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAE3

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

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