#36998B#36998B

#36998B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.093 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36998B
RGB	rgb(54, 153, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 9.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -31.94, -1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 31.96, 181.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0933 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.093 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5706, 25.4289, 28.4034)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36998B #993644

analogous

#369959 #36998B #367599

triadic

#36998B #8B3699 #998B36

tetradic

#36998B #593699 #993644 #759936

square

#36998B #593699 #993644 #759936

split-complementary

#36998B #993675 #995936

monochromatic

#163F39 #266C62 #36998B #4CC0B0 #7AD0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#36998B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#36998B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36998B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36998B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36998B	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92908A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36998b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 153, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.093 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b7ac',
    500: '#36998b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36998b;
$custom-light: #79b7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36998b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.515,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62188,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36998B

secondary

#B9727C

accent

#5063D7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36998B

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

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