#37998E#37998E

#37998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.092 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37998E
RGB	rgb(55, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -30.94, -2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 31.05, 184.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0914 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.092 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8470, 25.5458, 29.5762)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37998E #993742

analogous

#37995D #37998E #377399

triadic

#37998E #8E3799 #998E37

tetradic

#37998E #5D3799 #993742 #739937

square

#37998E #5D3799 #993742 #739937

split-complementary

#37998E #993773 #995D37

monochromatic

#173F3A #276C64 #37998E #4EBFB3 #7BD0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#37998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#37998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37998E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37998E	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.092 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab7af',
    500: '#37998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37998e;
$custom-light: #7ab7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.265,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62316,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37998E

secondary

#B9737B

accent

#5160D7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37998E

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

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