#37898D#37898D

#37898D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.079 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37898D
RGB	rgb(55, 137, 141)
HSL	hsl(183, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.54, -23.27, -9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.54, 25.16, 202.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% -0.0741 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.079 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3269, 20.6250, 28.3674)
Luminance	0.2063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37898D #8D3B37

analogous

#378D66 #37898D #375E8D

triadic

#37898D #8D3789 #898D37

tetradic

#37898D #66378D #8D3B37 #5E8D37

square

#37898D #66378D #8D3B37 #5E8D37

split-complementary

#37898D #8D375E #8D6637

monochromatic

#153335 #265E61 #37898D #49B3B8 #75C5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#37898D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#37898D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37898D

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37898D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37898D	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37898d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 137, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.079 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78abae',
    500: '#37898d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37898d;
$custom-light: #78abae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37898d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.791,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58202,
    "c": 0.07866,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37898D

secondary

#B2716E

accent

#5A54D4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37898D

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

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