#37B496#37B496

#37B496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.117 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B496
RGB	rgb(55, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -41.18, 5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 41.54, 172.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.1163 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.117 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3990, 35.6541, 34.4970)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B496 #B43755

analogous

#37B457 #37B496 #3793B4

triadic

#37B496 #9637B4 #B49637

tetradic

#37B496 #5737B4 #B43755 #93B437

square

#37B496 #5737B4 #B43755 #93B437

split-complementary

#37B496 #B43793 #B45737

monochromatic

#1A5648 #29856F #37B496 #5BCDB2 #8ADBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#37B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#37B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B496

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B496	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.117 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbb4',
    500: '#37b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b496;
$custom-light: #7ecbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.6,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69436,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B496

secondary

#C68192

accent

#4B6EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B496

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

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