#37979B#37979B

#37979B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.088 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37979B
RGB	rgb(55, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -26.22, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 28.20, 201.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0833 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.088 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5560, 25.3100, 34.9114)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37979B #9B3B37

analogous

#379B6D #37979B #37659B

triadic

#37979B #9B3797 #979B37

tetradic

#37979B #6D379B #9B3B37 #659B37

square

#37979B #6D379B #9B3B37 #659B37

split-complementary

#37979B #9B3765 #9B6D37

monochromatic

#173F41 #276B6E #37979B #4FBCC0 #7CCDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#37979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#37979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37979B

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37979B	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#8D909B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.088 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6b8',
    500: '#37979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37979b;
$custom-light: #7bb6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62264,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37979B

secondary

#BA7774

accent

#5651D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #37979B

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

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