#37A5AC#37A5AC

#37A5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.097 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A5AC
RGB	rgb(55, 165, 172)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 4.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -28.11, -12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 30.84, 204.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0906 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.097 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4738, 30.6985, 43.7627)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A5AC #AC3E37

analogous

#37AC79 #37A5AC #376AAC

triadic

#37A5AC #AC37A5 #A5AC37

tetradic

#37A5AC #7937AC #AC3E37 #6AAC37

square

#37A5AC #7937AC #AC3E37 #6AAC37

split-complementary

#37A5AC #AC376A #AC7937

monochromatic

#194C4F #28797E #37A5AC #57C2C9 #85D3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#37A5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#37A5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A5AC

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A5AC	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8791AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 165, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.097 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec0c4',
    500: '#37a5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a5ac;
$custom-light: #7ec0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.59,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6639,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A5AC

secondary

#C2817D

accent

#554DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A5AC

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

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