#37879D#37879D

#37879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.084 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37879D
RGB	rgb(55, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, -17.25, -18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 25.61, 227.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% -0.065 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.084 219)
XYZ	xyz(16.3229, 20.5728, 35.0025)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37879D #9D4D37

analogous

#379D80 #37879D #37549D

triadic

#37879D #9D3787 #879D37

tetradic

#37879D #80379D #9D4D37 #549D37

square

#37879D #80379D #9D4D37 #549D37

split-complementary

#37879D #9D3754 #9D8037

monochromatic

#173942 #276070 #37879D #50A9C2 #7DBFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#37879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#37879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37879D

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37879D	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.084 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaaba',
    500: '#37879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37879d;
$custom-light: #7aaaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.941,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58343,
    "c": 0.08368,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.20574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37879D

secondary

#BB8475

accent

#6D50D8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #37879D

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

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