#37838E#37838E

#37838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.076 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37838E
RGB	rgb(55, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, -19.82, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 23.67, 213.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% -0.0668 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.076 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5723, 18.9963, 28.4846)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37838E #8E4237

analogous

#378E6D #37838E #37578E

triadic

#37838E #8E3783 #838E37

tetradic

#37838E #6D378E #8E4237 #578E37

square

#37838E #6D378E #8E4237 #578E37

split-complementary

#37838E #8E3757 #8E6D37

monochromatic

#153236 #265A62 #37838E #49ABB9 #76BFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#37838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#37838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37838E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37838E	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B748E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.076 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a7af',
    500: '#37838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37838e;
$custom-light: #78a7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.586,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5672,
    "c": 0.07585,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37838E

secondary

#B3776E

accent

#6454D4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37838E

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

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