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Fizzy Sigil Sky

#36b3fb
Notes

Fizzy Sigil Sky (#36B3FB) is a true azure with a neon character. It sits at the high-saturation edge of its family. Use it sparingly, as signage, accent, or highlight against darker surfaces. Its HSL profile (202°, 96%, 60%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary orange. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#36b3fb
RGB
rgb(54, 179, 251)
HSL
hsl(202, 96%, 60%)
HWB
hwb(202 21% 2%)
OKLCH
oklch(73.2% 0.148 239.5)
P3
color(display-p3 0.3662 0.6923 0.9601)
HSV
hsv(202, 78%, 98%)
LAB
lab(69.46% -9.81 -45.18)
LCH
lch(69.46% 46.23 257.74)
CMYK
cmyk(78%, 29%, 0%, 2%)

Etymology

Fizzy
adjective

Imitative-onomatopoeic origin — adjectival suffix -y, evoking the sound of carbonation. As a color modifier, fizzy implies a saturated-and-effervescent-and-bubbly quality, the bright color of Champagne-and-Prosecco effervescent-wine carbonation-bubble-light reflection. Sits at the bright-and-effervescent end of the grid, parallel to bubbly and sparkling in usage.

Sigil
modifier

Latin sigillum, little-sign-or-seal. As a color modifier, sigil implies a magical-seal-and-grimoire-symbol quality, the visual register of medieval-grimoire-and-Solomonic-sigil hand-magical-seal-and-grimoire-symbol medieval-grimoire-and-Solomonic-sigil-and-Renaissance-occult sigil-and-magical-seal-and-grimoire-symbol surfaces under medieval-grimoire-and-Solomonic-sigil-and-Renaissance-occult parchment-and-vellum-and-quill grimoire-and-occult-light. Sits at the modifier-and-myth end of the grid, parallel to rune and omen in usage.

Sky
noun

The blue of a clear sky at noon — produced by Rayleigh scattering, the preferential dispersion of shorter wavelengths through atmospheric molecules. Air itself is colorless; the color we see is sunlight scattered toward our eyes by every cubic kilometer above. The reference shade is mid-latitude noon under a high pressure system: a clean, slightly green-shifted blue with the luminous depth of light scattered across an entire hemisphere of air.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#36b3fb
Original
#91b4fe
Protanopia
#76a2fa
Deuteranopia
#00c5cc
Tritanopia
#9e9e9e
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.33:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
9.00:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##36B3FB
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.3662 0.6923 0.9601)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.148

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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