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#36967b

a dark, vivid cyan · cool · closest name: Sea Green

Token name suggestion: Slate Reef

RGB
54, 150, 123
HSL
163°, 47%, 40%
CMYK
64, 0, 18, 41
Luminance
0.2403

#36967b is a dark vivid cyan, 163° on the wheel and 80/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.81:1). As text it scores 3.62:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(163 47% 40%)rgb(54 150 123)Base step 700AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #36967b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#36967b
Hue
163°
cyan
Saturation
47%
vivid
Lightness
40%
dark
Brightness
59%
HSV value
Perceived
49%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2403
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
80/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
5.81:1
Closest name
Sea Green
ΔE2000 8.7
Chroma
35.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.609
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 11.3
Web-safe
#339966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue163° of 360°
Saturation47%
Lightness40%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #36967b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool80% 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
Red3%
Green91%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#36967b
HEX (8-digit)#36967bff
RGBrgb(54, 150, 123)
RGBArgba(54, 150, 123, 1)
HSLhsl(163, 47%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163, 64%, 59%)
HWBhwb(163 21% 41%)
CMYKcmyk(64%, 0%, 18%, 41%)
LABlab(56.1 -34.8 6.0)
LCHlch(56.1 35.3 170.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.609 0.099 171.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(16.00, 24.03, 22.53)
Decimal3577467
Display P3color(display-p3 0.212 0.588 0.482)
Web-safe#339966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #36967b;
background-color: #36967b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #36967b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#36967b] bg-[#36967b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #36967b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.212, green: 0.588, blue: 0.482)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.212, green: 0.588, blue: 0.482, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#36967B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF36967B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF36967B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(123, 150, 54)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(54, 150, 123)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(54, 150, 123)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 54, 150, 123)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2118f, 0.5882f, 0.4824f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{54,150,123}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #36967b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #36967b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#225E4D, #D3EEE6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #36967b 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: #F5FAF9;
  --brand-100: #EAF5F2;
  --brand-200: #D0ECE4;
  --brand-300: #ACE1D2;
  --brand-400: #83D2BC;
  --brand-500: #5AC4A6;
  --brand-600: #41B494;
  --brand-700: #36967b;
  --brand-800: #2B7862;
  --brand-900: #235849;
  --brand-950: #16372D;
  --brand: #36967b;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF9;
  --brand-border: #C3E9DF;
  --brand-hover: #2D7C65;
  --brand-pressed: #236250;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142420;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF9',
        100: '#EAF5F2',
        200: '#D0ECE4',
        300: '#ACE1D2',
        400: '#83D2BC',
        500: '#5AC4A6',
        600: '#41B494',
        700: '#36967b',
        800: '#2B7862',
        900: '#235849',
        950: '#16372D',
        DEFAULT: '#36967b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF9,
  '100': #EAF5F2,
  '200': #D0ECE4,
  '300': #ACE1D2,
  '400': #83D2BC,
  '500': #5AC4A6,
  '600': #41B494,
  '700': #36967b,
  '800': #2B7862,
  '900': #235849,
  '950': #16372D,
);
$brand-base: #36967b;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAF5F2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D0ECE4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ACE1D2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#83D2BC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5AC4A6", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#41B494", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#36967b", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2B7862", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#235849", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#16372D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$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#000000 on #36967b · 5.81:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.62:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.81:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #36967b as text scores 3.62:1 on white and 5.81:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #225E4D at 2.09:1.

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
#2F836C · 4.58:1
AA on white−5% L
#2F836C
The quick fox
#236250 · 7.16:1
AAA on white−14% L
#236250
The quick fox
#36967b · 5.81:1
AA on blackalready passes
#36967b
The quick fox
#3DA98A · 7.24:1
AAA on black+5% L
#3DA98A

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #36967B 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
#36967b on white: 3.62:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#36967b on black: 5.81:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #36967b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #36967b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.62:1AaAa
Slate 503.46:1AaAa
Slate 1003.30:1AaAa
Slate 2002.93:1AaAa
Slate 3002.44:1AaAa
Slate 4001.41:1AaAa
Slate 5001.32:1AaAa
Slate 6002.09:1AaAa
Slate 7002.86:1AaAa
Slate 8004.04:1AaAa
Slate 9004.94:1AaAa
Black5.81:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #928C7A
deuteranopia · #84827D
tritanopia · #00978E

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. #36967b is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5FAF9
#EAF5F2
#D0ECE4
#ACE1D2
#83D2BC
#5AC4A6
#41B494
#36967b
#2B7862
#235849
#16372D
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF9Darkest = 950 · #16372DText 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 0.025 171.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.040 171.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.059 171.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.077 171.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.091 171.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.099 171.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.099 171.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.093 171.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.083 171.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.069 171.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.054 171.0);
}

Colors that work with #36967b

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

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF9
Tinted page background
Border#C3E9DF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B84
Captions on the surface
Accent#9A3269
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#225E4D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECF8F5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142420
Dark-mode background
Hover#2D7C65
One step down in lightness
Pressed#236250
Two steps down
Disabled#89B3A7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#30B08C
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 #36967b

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

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #225E4D
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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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-high
  • Weight60/100
  • 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#963651
Analogous left#36964B
Analogous right#368196
Split-complement 1#963681
Split-complement 2#964B36
Triadic 1#7B3696
Triadic 2#967B36
Tetradic#4B3696
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°163°

#36967b sits at 163°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red21.2%
Green58.8%
Blue48.2%
R · 0–255
54
0x36
G · 0–255
150
0x96
B · 0–255
123
0x7b

CMYK percentages

Cyan64.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow18.0%
Key (black)41.2%

Total ink coverage is 123%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#36967b text on a black background

contrast 5.81:1

Card sample

#36967b text on a white background

contrast 3.62:1

Card sample

#36967b on grey

3.30:1

#36967b on its own surface

3.43:1

#36967b on its dark surface

4.46:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #36967b;
Background color
Panel with #36967b background
background-color: #36967b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #36967b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(54, 150, 123, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(54, 150, 123, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #36967b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #36967b, #367196);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #36967b, #365996);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #36967b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #36967b;
caret-color: #36967b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #36967b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECF8F5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #36967b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#36967b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #36967b 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, 150, 123, 0.5)
rgb(54 150 123 / 50%)
#36967b80
hsl(163 47% 40% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #36967b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#36967b1a#EBF5F2
20%#36967b33#D7EAE5
40%#36967b66#AFD5CA
60%#36967b99#86C0B0
80%#36967bcc#5EAB95

Gradients from #36967b

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, #4BBE9E, #36967b 45%, #225E4D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #36967b, #2E5980);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #36967b, #963651);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #61C6AA 0%, #36967b 45%, #225E4D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #43BC54 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #3E8BAD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #225E4D 0%, transparent 65%), #36967b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #36967b

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.

#36967b 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

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.81:1.

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.

#36967b, answered

What color is #36967b?

#36967b is a dark vivid cyan, closest to Sea Green (ΔE2000 8.7). It sits at 163° on the hue wheel with 47% saturation and 40% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #36967b?

rgb(54, 150, 123) — 54 red, 150 green and 123 blue out of 255, or 21.2% / 58.8% / 48.2% by channel.

What is #36967b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(163, 47%, 40%) and hsv(163, 64%, 59%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #36967b a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2403 and perceived brightness is 49%, so black text on it reaches 5.81:1.

Should I use black or white text on #36967b?

Black. It scores 5.81:1 against #36967b, versus 3.62:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #36967b accessible on a white background?

#36967b on white scores 3.62:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #2F836C to reach 4.5:1, or #236250 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #36967b?

#963651 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #963681 and #964B36, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #36967b?

For interface work: #F4FAF9 as the surface, #C3E9DF for borders, #4B9B84 for secondary text, #9A3269 as an accent and #225E4D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #36964B and #368196 stays calm, while #963651 is the loudest partner.

What is #36967b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(64%, 0%, 18%, 41%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #36967b warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 80 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #369658; nudged cooler, #349098.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #36967b?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 11.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #36967b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #36967b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#36967b] or text-[#36967b], 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 #36967b with 50% opacity?

rgba(54, 150, 123, 0.5), or #36967b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #9BCBBD; over black, #1B4B3E.

Is #36967b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #339966, ΔE2000 6.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #36967b mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #36967b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #4BBE9E, #36967b 45%, #225E4D). For more colour, a short hue run to #2E5980 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #36967b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #36967b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.