#37998C#37998C

#37998C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.092 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37998C
RGB	rgb(55, 153, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 8.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -31.49, -1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 31.53, 182.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0923 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.092 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6982, 25.4862, 28.7925)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37998C #993744

analogous

#37995B #37998C #377599

triadic

#37998C #8C3799 #998C37

tetradic

#37998C #5B3799 #993744 #759937

square

#37998C #5B3799 #993744 #759937

split-complementary

#37998C #993775 #995B37

monochromatic

#173F3A #276C63 #37998C #4EBFB0 #7BD0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#37998C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#37998C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37998C

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37998C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37998C	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92908C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37998c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 153, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.092 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab7ad',
    500: '#37998c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37998c;
$custom-light: #7ab7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37998c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.041,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6225,
    "c": 0.09244,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37998C

secondary

#B9737C

accent

#5163D7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37998C

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

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