#37B596#37B596

#37B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.118 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B596
RGB	rgb(55, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -41.61, 5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 42.03, 171.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.1173 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.118 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6016, 36.0593, 34.5645)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B596 #B53756

analogous

#37B557 #37B596 #3795B5

triadic

#37B596 #9637B5 #B59637

tetradic

#37B596 #5737B5 #B53756 #95B537

square

#37B596 #5737B5 #B53756 #95B537

split-complementary

#37B596 #B53795 #B55737

monochromatic

#1A5748 #29866F #37B596 #5CCDB1 #8BDCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#37B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#37B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B596

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B596	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.118 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb4',
    500: '#37b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b596;
$custom-light: #7fccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.238,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6969,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B596

secondary

#C68293

accent

#4B6FDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B596

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

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