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#36D3FA

#36d3fa ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#36d3fa is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 82.75% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.4% cyan, 15.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 191.94°, with 95.15% saturation and 59.61% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.38.

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Relative luminance0.5427

Complementary

  1. #36d3fa
  2. #fa5d36

Split complementary

  1. #36d3fa
  2. #fa3671
  3. #fabf36

Analogous

  1. #36fabf
  2. #36d3fa
  3. #3671fa

Triadic

  1. #36d3fa
  2. #fa36d3
  3. #d3fa36

Tetradic

  1. #36d3fa
  2. #5d36fa
  3. #fa5d36
  4. #d3fa36

Square

  1. #36d3fa
  2. #bf36fa
  3. #fa5d36
  4. #71fa36

Monochromatic

  1. #047793
  2. #06b3de
  3. #36d3fa
  4. #81e3fc
  5. #cbf4fe

Shades

#36d3fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #36d3fa
  2. #31bee1
  3. #2ba9c8
  4. #2694af
  5. #207f96
  6. #1b6a7d
  7. #165464
  8. #103f4b
  9. #0b2a32
  10. #051519
  11. #000000

Tints

#36d3fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #36d3fa
  2. #4ad7fb
  3. #5edcfb
  4. #72e0fc
  5. #86e5fc
  6. #9be9fd
  7. #afedfd
  8. #c3f2fe
  9. #d7f6fe
  10. #ebfbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#36d3fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #36d3fa
  2. #3dcbee
  3. #45c2e2
  4. #4cbad5
  5. #54b2c9
  6. #5baabd
  7. #62a1b1
  8. #6a99a5
  9. #719198
  10. #79888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ec9db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbcdfc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1bafa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e0df ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98cffb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #83c5fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dbeb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-36d3fa {
  color: #36d3fa;
}
Background
.bg-36d3fa {
  background-color: #36d3fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-36d3fa {
  border: 2px solid #36d3fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #36d3fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 211 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-36d3fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #36d3fa, #3671fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-36d3fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 211 250 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.38 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.83 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.34 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.43 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.86 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.54 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 11.61 #c92c05 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#36d3fa  rgb(54, 211, 250)  hsl(192, 95%, 60%)  Sky Blue
#fa5d36  rgb(250, 93, 54)  hsl(12, 95%, 60%)  Tomato
#fa36d3  rgb(250, 54, 211)  hsl(312, 95%, 60%)  Shocking Pink
#d3fa36  rgb(211, 250, 54)  hsl(72, 95%, 60%)  Electric Lime