#37979F#37979F

#37979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.089 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37979F
RGB	rgb(55, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -25.02, -12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 27.95, 206.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0815 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.089 203)
XYZ	xyz(18.8975, 25.4466, 36.7099)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37979F #9F3F37

analogous

#379F73 #37979F #37639F

triadic

#37979F #9F3797 #979F37

tetradic

#37979F #73379F #9F3F37 #639F37

square

#37979F #73379F #9F3F37 #639F37

split-complementary

#37979F #9F3763 #9F7337

monochromatic

#184144 #276C72 #37979F #51BAC3 #7ECCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#37979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#37979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37979F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37979F	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C91A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.089 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6bb',
    500: '#37979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37979f;
$custom-light: #7bb6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62414,
    "c": 0.08853,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.25449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37979F

secondary

#BC7C76

accent

#5A50D8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #37979F

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

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