#37A596#37A596

#37A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.101 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A596
RGB	rgb(55, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -34.41, -1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 34.44, 182.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.1006 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.101 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5331, 29.9222, 33.5417)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A596 #A53746

analogous

#37A55F #37A596 #377DA5

triadic

#37A596 #9637A5 #A59637

tetradic

#37A596 #5F37A5 #A53746 #7DA537

square

#37A596 #5F37A5 #A53746 #7DA537

split-complementary

#37A596 #A5377D #A55F37

monochromatic

#184943 #28776C #37A596 #53C6B6 #81D5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#37A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#37A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37A596

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A596	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.101 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc0b4',
    500: '#37a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a596;
$custom-light: #7cc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6563,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A596

secondary

#BF7983

accent

#4E61DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A596

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

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