#37B899#37B899

#37B899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.120 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B899
RGB	rgb(55, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -42.16, 5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 42.55, 172.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.119 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.12 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4629, 37.3903, 36.0586)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B899 #B83756

analogous

#37B858 #37B899 #3797B8

triadic

#37B899 #9937B8 #B89937

tetradic

#37B899 #5837B8 #B83756 #97B837

square

#37B899 #5837B8 #B83756 #97B837

split-complementary

#37B899 #B83797 #B85837

monochromatic

#1B5A4B #298972 #37B899 #5DCFB4 #8DDDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#37B899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#37B899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B899

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B899	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.120 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceb7',
    500: '#37b899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b899;
$custom-light: #7fceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.581,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70535,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B899

secondary

#C78494

accent

#4A6EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B899

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

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