#37A899#37A899

#37A899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.102 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A899
RGB	rgb(55, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -34.99, -1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 35.02, 182.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.1023 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.102 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3252, 31.1150, 35.0127)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A899 #A83746

analogous

#37A860 #37A899 #377EA8

triadic

#37A899 #9937A8 #A89937

tetradic

#37A899 #6037A8 #A83746 #7EA837

square

#37A899 #6037A8 #A83746 #7EA837

split-complementary

#37A899 #A8377E #A86037

monochromatic

#194C45 #287A6F #37A899 #55C7B8 #83D6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#37A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#37A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A899

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A899	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90929A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.102 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc2b7',
    500: '#37a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a899;
$custom-light: #7dc2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.035,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66485,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A899

secondary

#C07B84

accent

#4E60DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A899

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

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