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#36aade

a balanced, vivid cyan · cool · closest name: steelblue

RGB
54, 170, 222
HSL
199°, 72%, 54%
CMYK
76, 23, 0, 13
Luminance
0.3481

Every format

HEX#36aade
RGBrgb(54, 170, 222)
HSLhsl(199, 72%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(76%, 23%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(65.6 -14.8 -35.4)
LCHlch(65.6 38.4 247.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.697 0.126 232.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #36aade;
background-color: #36aade;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#36aade] bg-[#36aade]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #36aade;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.212, green: 0.667, blue: 0.871)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#36aade")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#36aade on white: 2.64:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#36aade on black: 7.96:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red21.2%
Green66.7%
Blue87.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan75.7%
Magenta23.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.9%

Color previews

#36aade text on a black background

contrast 7.96:1

Card sample

#36aade text on a white background

contrast 2.64:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #36aade;
Background color
Panel with #36aade background
background-color: #36aade;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #36aade;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(54, 170, 222, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(54, 170, 222, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #36aade;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #36aade, #363ADE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #36aade

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #36aade in the Color Lab