#36979A#36979A

#36979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.089 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36979A
RGB	rgb(54, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -26.68, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 28.46, 200.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0842 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.089 198)
XYZ	xyz(18.4181, 25.2486, 34.4684)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36979A #9A3936

analogous

#369A6B #36979A #36659A

triadic

#36979A #9A3697 #979A36

tetradic

#36979A #6B369A #9A3936 #659A36

square

#36979A #6B369A #9A3936 #659A36

split-complementary

#36979A #9A3665 #9A6B36

monochromatic

#163E3F #266B6D #36979A #4DBDC0 #7ACED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#36979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#36979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36979A

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36979A	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D909A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.089 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab6b7',
    500: '#36979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36979a;
$custom-light: #7ab6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.8,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62197,
    "c": 0.08861,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.25251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36979A

secondary

#B97573

accent

#5450D8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #36979A

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

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