Color

#36aaec

#36aaec
hex#36aaec
rgbrgb(54, 170, 236)
hslhsl(202, 83%, 57%)
oklchoklch(0.704 0.139 238.9)
Closest name: Cerulean (#55aaee)Relative luminance 0.3559

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#ec7936

#36ecd4 · #364fec

#ec36aa · #aaec36

Split-complementary

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#ec364f · #ecd436

#d436ec · #ec7936 · #4fec36

Contrast

#36aaec as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.59:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #1179b6 as the text (4.74:1)
  • AAA: use #0d5d8c as the text (7.09:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #141414 (7.12:1)
Aaon black
8.12:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #36aaec as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#36aaec reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #36aaec
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #36aaec and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/36aaec-9cb1c4-df4e5f-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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