#37A498#37A498

#37A498 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.099 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A498
RGB	rgb(55, 164, 152)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -33.40, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 33.51, 184.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0986 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.099 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5159, 29.6279, 34.3372)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A498 #A43743

analogous

#37A461 #37A498 #377AA4

triadic

#37A498 #9837A4 #A49837

tetradic

#37A498 #6137A4 #A43743 #7AA437

square

#37A498 #6137A4 #A43743 #7AA437

split-complementary

#37A498 #A4377A #A46137

monochromatic

#184843 #28766E #37A498 #53C5B9 #81D5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#37A498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#37A498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37A498

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A498	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 164, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.099 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbfb6',
    500: '#37a498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a498;
$custom-light: #7cbfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.394,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65441,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A498

secondary

#BE7980

accent

#4F5ED9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A498

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

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