#37B498#37B498

#37B498 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.116 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B498
RGB	rgb(55, 180, 152)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -40.67, 4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 40.91, 173.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.1153 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.116 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5615, 35.7191, 35.3524)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B498 #B43753

analogous

#37B459 #37B498 #3791B4

triadic

#37B498 #9837B4 #B49837

tetradic

#37B498 #5937B4 #B43753 #91B437

square

#37B498 #5937B4 #B43753 #91B437

split-complementary

#37B498 #B43791 #B45937

monochromatic

#1A5649 #298570 #37B498 #5BCDB3 #8ADBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#37B498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#37B498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B498

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B498	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 180, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.116 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbb6',
    500: '#37b498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b498;
$custom-light: #7fcbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.56,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69494,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B498

secondary

#C68191

accent

#4B6CDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B498

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

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