#37959D#37959D

#37959D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.087 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37959D
RGB	rgb(55, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, -24.61, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 27.53, 206.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0802 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.087 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4062, 24.7394, 35.6969)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37959D #9D3F37

analogous

#379D72 #37959D #37629D

triadic

#37959D #9D3795 #959D37

tetradic

#37959D #72379D #9D3F37 #629D37

square

#37959D #72379D #9D3F37 #629D37

split-complementary

#37959D #9D3762 #9D7237

monochromatic

#173F42 #276A70 #37959D #50B9C2 #7DCBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#37959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#37959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37959D

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37959D	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A839D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.087 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb4b9',
    500: '#37959d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37959d;
$custom-light: #7bb4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61837,
    "c": 0.08723,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37959D

secondary

#BB7B75

accent

#5B50D8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #37959D

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

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