#37838F#37838F

#37838F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.076 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37838F
RGB	rgb(55, 131, 143)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, -19.51, -13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 23.71, 214.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% -0.0664 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.076 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6477, 19.0265, 28.8818)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37838F #8F4337

analogous

#378F6F #37838F #37578F

triadic

#37838F #8F3783 #838F37

tetradic

#37838F #6F378F #8F4337 #578F37

square

#37838F #6F378F #8F4337 #578F37

split-complementary

#37838F #8F3757 #8F6F37

monochromatic

#153237 #265B63 #37838F #4AAAB9 #76BFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#37838F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#37838F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37838F

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37838F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37838F	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B758F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37838f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 131, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.076 209.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37838f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5676,
    "c": 0.07617,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37838F

secondary

#B3786F

accent

#6554D4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37838F

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

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