#36979F#36979F

#36979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.089 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36979F
RGB	rgb(54, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -25.18, -12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 28.12, 206.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.082 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.089 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8432, 25.4186, 36.7074)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36979F #9F3E36

analogous

#369F73 #36979F #36639F

triadic

#36979F #9F3697 #979F36

tetradic

#36979F #73369F #9F3E36 #639F36

square

#36979F #73369F #9F3E36 #639F36

split-complementary

#36979F #9F3663 #9F7336

monochromatic

#174044 #266C71 #36979F #4FBAC3 #7DCCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#36979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#36979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36979F

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36979F	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#8C91A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.089 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6bb',
    500: '#36979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36979f;
$custom-light: #7bb6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.571,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62384,
    "c": 0.08906,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36979F

secondary

#BC7A75

accent

#594FD9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #36979F

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

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