#37A196#37A196

#37A196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.097 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A196
RGB	rgb(55, 161, 150)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 6.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -32.53, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 32.69, 185.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0963 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.097 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8229, 28.5018, 33.3049)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A196 #A13742

analogous

#37A161 #37A196 #3777A1

triadic

#37A196 #9637A1 #A19637

tetradic

#37A196 #6137A1 #A13742 #77A137

square

#37A196 #6137A1 #A13742 #77A137

split-complementary

#37A196 #A13777 #A16137

monochromatic

#184641 #27736C #37A196 #51C4B8 #7FD3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#37A196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#37A196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37A196

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A196	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 161, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.097 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbdb4',
    500: '#37a196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a196;
$custom-light: #7cbdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.774,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64615,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A196

secondary

#BD777E

accent

#4F5DD9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A196

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

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