#37898C#37898C

#37898C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.079 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37898C
RGB	rgb(55, 137, 140)
HSL	hsl(182, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, -23.56, -9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 25.24, 200.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0745 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.079 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2528, 20.5954, 27.9773)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37898C #8C3A37

analogous

#378C64 #37898C #375E8C

triadic

#37898C #8C3789 #898C37

tetradic

#37898C #64378C #8C3A37 #5E8C37

square

#37898C #64378C #8C3A37 #5E8C37

split-complementary

#37898C #8C375E #8C6437

monochromatic

#143334 #265E60 #37898C #49B4B7 #75C6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#37898C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#37898C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37898C

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37898C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37898C	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37898c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 137, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.079 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78abad',
    500: '#37898c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37898c;
$custom-light: #78abad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37898c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.118,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58165,
    "c": 0.07861,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37898C

secondary

#B1706D

accent

#5954D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37898C

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

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