#37A5A4#37A5A4

#37A5A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.097 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A5A4
RGB	rgb(55, 165, 164)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -30.47, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 31.65, 195.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0942 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.097 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7285, 30.4004, 39.8375)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A5A4 #A53738

analogous

#37A56D #37A5A4 #376FA5

triadic

#37A5A4 #A437A5 #A5A437

tetradic

#37A5A4 #6D37A5 #A53738 #6FA537

square

#37A5A4 #6D37A5 #A53738 #6FA537

split-complementary

#37A5A4 #A5376F #A56D37

monochromatic

#184949 #287776 #37A5A4 #53C6C5 #81D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#37A5A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#37A5A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A5A4

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A5A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A5A4	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A91A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a5a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 165, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.097 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc0be',
    500: '#37a5a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a5a4;
$custom-light: #7dc0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a5a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.455,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.661,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A5A4

secondary

#BF797A

accent

#4E50DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A5A4

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

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