#37979E#37979E

#37979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.088 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37979E
RGB	rgb(55, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -25.32, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 27.99, 205.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0819 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.088 202)
XYZ	xyz(18.8111, 25.4120, 36.2548)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37979E #9E3E37

analogous

#379E72 #37979E #37649E

triadic

#37979E #9E3797 #979E37

tetradic

#37979E #72379E #9E3E37 #649E37

square

#37979E #72379E #9E3E37 #649E37

split-complementary

#37979E #9E3764 #9E7237

monochromatic

#174043 #276C71 #37979E #50BAC2 #7DCCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#37979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#37979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37979E

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37979E	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.088 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6ba',
    500: '#37979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37979e;
$custom-light: #7bb6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.078,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62376,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.25414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37979E

secondary

#BB7A76

accent

#5950D8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #37979E

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

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