#36979E#36979E

#36979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.089 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36979E
RGB	rgb(54, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -25.48, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 28.16, 205.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0825 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.089 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7568, 25.3840, 36.2522)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36979E #9E3D36

analogous

#369E71 #36979E #36639E

triadic

#36979E #9E3697 #979E36

tetradic

#36979E #71369E #9E3D36 #639E36

square

#36979E #71369E #9E3D36 #639E36

split-complementary

#36979E #9E3663 #9E7136

monochromatic

#174043 #266B70 #36979E #4FBBC3 #7CCCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#36979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#36979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36979E

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36979E	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.089 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6ba',
    500: '#36979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36979e;
$custom-light: #7bb6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.038,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62346,
    "c": 0.08892,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36979E

secondary

#BB7974

accent

#584FD9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #36979E

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

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