#36969f

Color #36969f

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.46 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#36969f

RGB

rgb(54, 150, 159)

HSL

hsl(185.1, 49.3%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.1, 66%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(66%, 5.7%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(57.17, -24.67, -12.97)

LCH

lch(57.17, 27.87, 207.73)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.0886, 203.96)

HWB

hwb(185.1, 21.2%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f3f36

Analogous

#369f74

#36969f

#36629f

Triadic

#36969f

#9f3696

#969f36

Split-complementary

#36969f

#9f3662

#9f7436

Tetradic

#36969f

#3f369f

#9f3f36

#969f36

Square

#36969f

#74369f

#9f3f36

#629f36

Shades

Color #36969f mixed toward black.

#2d7d85

#24646a

#1b4b50

#123235

#09191b

Tints

Color #36969f mixed toward white.

#46b6c0

#6bc5cd

#90d3d9

#b5e2e6

#daf0f2

Tones

Color #36969f mixed toward gray.

#3f8f96

#48888e

#508085

#59797c

#627273

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6e9d · ΔE 27.3

Deuteranopia

#68609c · ΔE 30.8

Tritanopia

#3f9b9b · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #36969f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#36969f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#36969f (#36969f) is rgb(54, 150, 159) in RGB.

No, #36969f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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