#37A8A9#37A8A9

#37A8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.099 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A8A9
RGB	rgb(55, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -30.47, -9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 31.99, 197.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0951 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.099 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7364, 31.6795, 42.4449)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A8A9 #A93837

analogous

#37A971 #37A8A9 #376FA9

triadic

#37A8A9 #A937A8 #A8A937

tetradic

#37A8A9 #7137A9 #A93837 #6FA937

square

#37A8A9 #7137A9 #A93837 #6FA937

split-complementary

#37A8A9 #A9376F #A97137

monochromatic

#194C4D #287A7B #37A8A9 #55C7C8 #84D6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#37A8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#37A8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A8A9

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A8A9	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.099 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec2c2',
    500: '#37a8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a8a9;
$custom-light: #7ec2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.526,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67026,
    "c": 0.09886,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A8A9

secondary

#C07C7B

accent

#4F4DDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A8A9

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

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