#37979D#37979D

#37979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.088 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37979D
RGB	rgb(55, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -25.62, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 28.05, 204.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.0824 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.088 201)
XYZ	xyz(18.7253, 25.3777, 35.8033)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37979D #9D3D37

analogous

#379D70 #37979D #37649D

triadic

#37979D #9D3797 #979D37

tetradic

#37979D #70379D #9D3D37 #649D37

square

#37979D #70379D #9D3D37 #649D37

split-complementary

#37979D #9D3764 #9D7037

monochromatic

#174042 #276B70 #37979D #50BBC2 #7DCCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#37979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#37979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37979D

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37979D	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.088 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6b9',
    500: '#37979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37979d;
$custom-light: #7bb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62338,
    "c": 0.08826,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.2538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37979D

secondary

#BB7975

accent

#5850D8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #37979D

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

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