#37A696#37A696

#37A696 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.102 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A696
RGB	rgb(55, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(171, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 9.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -34.88, -0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 34.89, 181.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.1016 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.102 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7142, 30.2844, 33.6020)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A696 #A63747

analogous

#37A65E #37A696 #377EA6

triadic

#37A696 #9637A6 #A69637

tetradic

#37A696 #5E37A6 #A63747 #7EA637

square

#37A696 #5E37A6 #A63747 #7EA637

split-complementary

#37A696 #A6377E #A65E37

monochromatic

#194A43 #28786C #37A696 #54C6B6 #82D6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#37A696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#37A696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A696

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A696	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9C95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.102 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc1b4',
    500: '#37a696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a696;
$custom-light: #7cc1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.351,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65883,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A696

secondary

#BF7A84

accent

#4E62DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A696

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

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