#37998B#37998B

#37998B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.093 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37998B
RGB	rgb(55, 153, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(171, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 9.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -31.76, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 31.78, 181.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0928 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.093 182)
XYZ	xyz(17.6248, 25.4569, 28.4059)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37998B #993745

analogous

#37995A #37998B #377699

triadic

#37998B #8B3799 #998B37

tetradic

#37998B #5A3799 #993745 #769937

square

#37998B #5A3799 #993745 #769937

split-complementary

#37998B #993776 #995A37

monochromatic

#173F39 #276C62 #37998B #4EBFAF #7BD0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#37998B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#37998B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37998B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37998B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37998B	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)

#92908A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37998b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 153, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.093 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab7ac',
    500: '#37998b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37998b;
$custom-light: #7ab7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37998b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62218,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.25459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37998B

secondary

#B9737D

accent

#5164D7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37998B

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

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