#37A5AE#37A5AE

#37A5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.097 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A5AE
RGB	rgb(55, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -27.51, -13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 30.73, 206.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0898 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.097 203)
XYZ	xyz(22.6673, 30.7759, 44.7819)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A5AE #AE4037

analogous

#37AE7C #37A5AE #3769AE

triadic

#37A5AE #AE37A5 #A5AE37

tetradic

#37A5AE #7C37AE #AE4037 #69AE37

square

#37A5AE #7C37AE #AE4037 #69AE37

split-complementary

#37A5AE #AE3769 #AE7C37

monochromatic

#1A4D51 #28797F #37A5AE #58C2CA #86D3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#37A5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#37A5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A5AE

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A5AE	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8791AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.097 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec0c6',
    500: '#37a5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a5ae;
$custom-light: #7ec0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.538,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66465,
    "c": 0.09749,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.30778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A5AE

secondary

#C3837E

accent

#574CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A5AE

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

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