#36979D#36979D

#36979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.089 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36979D
RGB	rgb(54, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -25.79, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 28.22, 203.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0829 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.089 201)
XYZ	xyz(18.6711, 25.3498, 35.8007)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36979D #9D3C36

analogous

#369D70 #36979D #36649D

triadic

#36979D #9D3697 #979D36

tetradic

#36979D #70369D #9D3C36 #649D36

square

#36979D #70369D #9D3C36 #649D36

split-complementary

#36979D #9D3664 #9D7036

monochromatic

#173F42 #266B6F #36979D #4EBBC2 #7CCDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#36979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#36979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36979D

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36979D	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.089 201.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.495,
    "s": 48.815,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62309,
    "c": 0.0888,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.25352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36979D

secondary

#BB7874

accent

#574FD8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #36979D

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

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