#37A189#37A189

#37A189 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.103 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A189
RGB	rgb(55, 161, 137)
HSL	hsl(166, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 14.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -36.02, 3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 36.21, 174.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.1024 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.103 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8336, 28.1061, 28.0945)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A189 #A1374F

analogous

#37A154 #37A189 #3784A1

triadic

#37A189 #8937A1 #A18937

tetradic

#37A189 #5437A1 #A1374F #84A137

square

#37A189 #5437A1 #A1374F #84A137

split-complementary

#37A189 #A13784 #A15437

monochromatic

#18463B #277362 #37A189 #51C4AA #7FD3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#37A189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#37A189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37A189

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A189	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 161, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.103 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbdab',
    500: '#37a189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a189;
$custom-light: #7bbdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.415,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64208,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A189

secondary

#BD7787

accent

#4F6ED9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A189

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

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