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#367271

a dark, soft cyan · cool · closest name: Teal

Token name suggestion: Shadow Reef

RGB
54, 114, 113
HSL
179°, 36%, 33%
CMYK
53, 0, 1, 55
Luminance
0.1401

#367271 is a dark soft cyan, 179° on the wheel and 87/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.52:1). As text it scores 5.52:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Teal, nearest Tailwind family is neutral.

hsl(179 36% 33%)rgb(54 114 113)Base step 800AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #367271 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#367271
Hue
179°
cyan
Saturation
36%
soft
Lightness
33%
dark
Brightness
45%
HSV value
Perceived
39%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1401
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
87/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
5.52:1
Closest name
Teal
ΔE2000 6.2
Chroma
20.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.512
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
neutral
500 · ΔE 18.2
Web-safe
#336666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue179° of 360°
Saturation36%
Lightness33%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #367271.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool87% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red6%
Green86%
Blue9%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#367271
HEX (8-digit)#367271ff
RGBrgb(54, 114, 113)
RGBArgba(54, 114, 113, 1)
HSLhsl(179, 36%, 33%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179, 53%, 45%)
HWBhwb(179 21% 55%)
CMYKcmyk(53%, 0%, 1%, 55%)
LABlab(44.3 -19.6 -5.4)
LCHlch(44.3 20.4 195.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.512 0.062 193.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(10.52, 14.01, 17.77)
Decimal3568241
Display P3color(display-p3 0.212 0.447 0.443)
Web-safe#336666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #367271;
background-color: #367271;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #367271;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#367271] bg-[#367271]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #367271;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.212, green: 0.447, blue: 0.443)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.212, green: 0.447, blue: 0.443, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#367271</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF367271)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF367271)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(113, 114, 54)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(54, 114, 113)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(54, 114, 113)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 54, 114, 113)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2118f, 0.4471f, 0.4431f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{54,114,113}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #367271 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #367271 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#295756, #D5EBEB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #367271 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5F9F9;
  --brand-100: #EBF4F4;
  --brand-200: #D3E8E8;
  --brand-300: #B3DBDA;
  --brand-400: #8DC9C8;
  --brand-500: #67B7B6;
  --brand-600: #4FA6A5;
  --brand-700: #428A89;
  --brand-800: #367271;
  --brand-900: #295151;
  --brand-950: #1A3332;
  --brand: #367271;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAFA;
  --brand-border: #C8E5E4;
  --brand-hover: #2A5A59;
  --brand-pressed: #1F4141;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142424;
    --brand-ink: #D5EBEB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F9F9',
        100: '#EBF4F4',
        200: '#D3E8E8',
        300: '#B3DBDA',
        400: '#8DC9C8',
        500: '#67B7B6',
        600: '#4FA6A5',
        700: '#428A89',
        800: '#367271',
        900: '#295151',
        950: '#1A3332',
        DEFAULT: '#367271',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F9F9,
  '100': #EBF4F4,
  '200': #D3E8E8,
  '300': #B3DBDA,
  '400': #8DC9C8,
  '500': #67B7B6,
  '600': #4FA6A5,
  '700': #428A89,
  '800': #367271,
  '900': #295151,
  '950': #1A3332,
);
$brand-base: #367271;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F9F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF4F4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D3E8E8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B3DBDA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8DC9C8", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#67B7B6", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4FA6A5", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#428A89", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#367271", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#295151", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1A3332", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #367271 · 5.52:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.52:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.80:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #367271 as text scores 5.52:1 on white and 3.80:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EEF7F7 at 5.07:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#367271 · 5.52:1
AA on whitealready passes
#367271
The quick fox
#2E6160 · 7.01:1
AAA on white−5% L
#2E6160
The quick fox
#3D807F · 4.59:1
AA on black+4% L
#3D807F
The quick fox
#4DA2A1 · 7.00:1
AAA on black+14% L
#4DA2A1

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #367271 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#367271 on white: 5.52:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#367271 on black: 3.80:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #367271 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #367271.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.52:1AaAa
Slate 505.28:1AaAa
Slate 1005.04:1AaAa
Slate 2004.48:1AaAa
Slate 3003.72:1AaAa
Slate 4002.15:1AaAa
Slate 5001.16:1AaAa
Slate 6001.37:1AaAa
Slate 7001.87:1AaAa
Slate 8002.65:1AaAa
Slate 9003.23:1AaAa
Black3.80:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #6C6D71
deuteranopia · #616572
tritanopia · #0D7571

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #367271 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5F9F9
#EBF4F4
#D3E8E8
#B3DBDA
#8DC9C8
#67B7B6
#4FA6A5
#428A89
#367271
#295151
#1A3332
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F5F9F9Darkest = 950 · #1A3332Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.016 193.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.025 193.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.037 193.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.049 193.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.057 193.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.062 193.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.062 193.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.059 193.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.052 193.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.044 193.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.034 193.9);
}

Colors that work with #367271

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F5FAFA
Tinted page background
Border#C8E5E4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B9A
Captions on the surface
Accent#753344
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#295756
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEF7F7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142424
Dark-mode background
Hover#2A5A59
One step down in lightness
Pressed#1F4141
Two steps down
Disabled#73A5A4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#338988
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #367271

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Black text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight67/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#723637
Analogous left#367253
Analogous right#365572
Split-complement 1#723655
Split-complement 2#725336
Triadic 1#713672
Triadic 2#727136
Tetradic#533672
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°179°

#367271 sits at 179°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red21.2%
Green44.7%
Blue44.3%
R · 0–255
54
0x36
G · 0–255
114
0x72
B · 0–255
113
0x71

CMYK percentages

Cyan52.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow0.9%
Key (black)55.3%

Total ink coverage is 109%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#367271 text on a black background

contrast 3.80:1

Card sample

#367271 text on a white background

contrast 5.52:1

Card sample

#367271 on grey

5.04:1

#367271 on its own surface

5.24:1

#367271 on its dark surface

2.91:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #367271;
Background color
Panel with #367271 background
background-color: #367271;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #367271;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(54, 114, 113, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(54, 114, 113, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #367271;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #367271, #364B72);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #367271, #363C72);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #367271;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #367271;
caret-color: #367271;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #367271;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEF7F7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #367271;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#367271 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #367271 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(54, 114, 113, 0.5)
rgb(54 114 113 / 50%)
#36727180
hsl(179 36% 33% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #367271 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#3672711a#EBF1F1
20%#36727133#D7E3E3
40%#36727166#AFC7C6
60%#36727199#86AAAA
80%#367271cc#5E8E8D

Gradients from #367271

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4A9B9A, #367271 45%, #295756);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #367271, #2C395D);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #367271, #723637);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #55AEAD 0%, #367271 45%, #295756 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAFA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #469466 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #405E87 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #295756 0%, transparent 65%), #367271;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #367271

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#367271 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.80:1 — lift it to #3D807F for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#367271, answered

What color is #367271?

#367271 is a dark soft cyan, closest to Teal (ΔE2000 6.2). It sits at 179° on the hue wheel with 36% saturation and 33% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #367271?

rgb(54, 114, 113) — 54 red, 114 green and 113 blue out of 255, or 21.2% / 44.7% / 44.3% by channel.

What is #367271 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(179, 36%, 33%) and hsv(179, 53%, 45%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #367271 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1401 and perceived brightness is 39%, so white text on it reaches 5.52:1.

Should I use black or white text on #367271?

White. It scores 5.52:1 against #367271, versus 3.80:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #367271 accessible on a white background?

#367271 on white scores 5.52:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #367271?

#723637 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #723655 and #725336, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #367271?

For interface work: #F5FAFA as the surface, #C8E5E4 for borders, #4B9B9A for secondary text, #753344 as an accent and #295756 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #367253 and #365572 stays calm, while #723637 is the loudest partner.

What is #367271 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(53%, 0%, 1%, 55%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #367271 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 87 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #36725B; nudged cooler, #345D74.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #367271?

The neutral family — its 500 step is #737373, ΔE2000 18.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #367271 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #367271 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#367271] or text-[#367271], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #367271 with 50% opacity?

rgba(54, 114, 113, 0.5), or #36727180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #9BB9B8; over black, #1B3939.

Is #367271 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #336666, ΔE2000 4.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #367271 mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #367271?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #4A9B9A, #367271 45%, #295756). For more colour, a short hue run to #2C395D keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #367271 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #367271 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.