#37959F#37959F

#37959F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.088 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37959F
RGB	rgb(55, 149, 159)
HSL	hsl(186, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -24.00, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 27.48, 209.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0794 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.088 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5783, 24.8083, 36.6035)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37959F #9F4137

analogous

#379F75 #37959F #37619F

triadic

#37959F #9F3795 #959F37

tetradic

#37959F #75379F #9F4137 #619F37

square

#37959F #75379F #9F4137 #619F37

split-complementary

#37959F #9F3761 #9F7537

monochromatic

#184044 #276A72 #37959F #51B8C3 #7ECAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#37959F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#37959F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37959F

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37959F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37959F	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A849F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37959f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 149, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.088 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb4bb',
    500: '#37959f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37959f;
$custom-light: #7bb4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37959f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.769,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61914,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37959F

secondary

#BC7D76

accent

#5D50D8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #37959F

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

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