#36979C#36979C

#36979C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.089 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36979C
RGB	rgb(54, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -26.09, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 28.29, 202.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0834 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.089 200)
XYZ	xyz(18.5861, 25.3157, 35.3529)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36979C #9C3B36

analogous

#369C6E #36979C #36649C

triadic

#36979C #9C3697 #979C36

tetradic

#36979C #6E369C #9C3B36 #649C36

square

#36979C #6E369C #9C3B36 #649C36

split-complementary

#36979C #9C3664 #9C6E36

monochromatic

#173F41 #266B6F #36979C #4EBCC2 #7BCDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#36979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#36979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36979C

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36979C	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.089 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6b9',
    500: '#36979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36979c;
$custom-light: #7bb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.941,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62271,
    "c": 0.08871,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.25318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36979C

secondary

#BA7774

accent

#5650D8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #36979C

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

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