Color

#36ace2

#36ace2
hex#36ace2
rgbrgb(54, 172, 226)
hslhsl(199, 75%, 55%)
oklchoklch(0.703 0.128 233.1)
Closest name: Cousteau (#55a9d6)Relative luminance 0.3578

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#e26d36

#36e2c3 · #3656e2

#e236ac · #ace236

Split-complementary

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#e23656 · #e2c336

#c336e2 · #e26d36 · #56e236

Contrast

#36ace2 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.57:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #187caa as the text (4.66:1)
  • AAA: use #125e81 as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.55:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #141414 (7.16:1)
Aaon black
8.16:1passpasspassPasses 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 #36ace2 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#36ace2 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #36ace2
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 #36ace2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/36ace2-9cb3c4-df4e66-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md