#37A5AD#37A5AD

#37A5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A5AD
RGB	rgb(55, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -27.81, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 30.78, 205.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0902 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5702, 30.7371, 44.2704)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A5AD #AD3F37

analogous

#37AD7A #37A5AD #376AAD

triadic

#37A5AD #AD37A5 #A5AD37

tetradic

#37A5AD #7A37AD #AD3F37 #6AAD37

square

#37A5AD #7A37AD #AD3F37 #6AAD37

split-complementary

#37A5AD #AD376A #AD7A37

monochromatic

#194C50 #28797F #37A5AD #57C2CA #86D3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#37A5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#37A5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A5AD

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A5AD	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8791AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec0c5',
    500: '#37a5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a5ad;
$custom-light: #7ec0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.068,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66427,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A5AD

secondary

#C2827D

accent

#564DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A5AD

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

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