#36959E#36959E

#36959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.088 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36959E
RGB	rgb(54, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, -24.47, -12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 27.67, 207.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0803 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.088 204)
XYZ	xyz(18.4377, 24.7458, 36.1458)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36959E #9E3F36

analogous

#369E73 #36959E #36619E

triadic

#36959E #9E3695 #959E36

tetradic

#36959E #73369E #9E3F36 #619E36

square

#36959E #73369E #9E3F36 #619E36

split-complementary

#36959E #9E3661 #9E7336

monochromatic

#173F43 #266A70 #36959E #4FB9C3 #7CCBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#36959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#36959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36959E

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36959E	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A839E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.088 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb4ba',
    500: '#36959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36959e;
$custom-light: #7bb4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.192,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61845,
    "c": 0.08795,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.24748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36959E

secondary

#BB7B74

accent

#5B4FD9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #36959E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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