#37979A#37979A

#37979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.088 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37979A
RGB	rgb(55, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -26.52, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 28.29, 200.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0837 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.088 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4723, 25.2765, 34.4709)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37979A #9A3A37

analogous

#379A6B #37979A #37659A

triadic

#37979A #9A3797 #979A37

tetradic

#37979A #6B379A #9A3A37 #659A37

square

#37979A #6B379A #9A3A37 #659A37

split-complementary

#37979A #9A3765 #9A6B37

monochromatic

#173F40 #276B6D #37979A #4EBCC0 #7BCDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#37979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#37979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37979A

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37979A	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D909A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.088 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6b7',
    500: '#37979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37979a;
$custom-light: #7bb6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.818,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62227,
    "c": 0.08806,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37979A

secondary

#B97674

accent

#5551D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #37979A

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

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