#37B4B6#37B4B6

#37B4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.106 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B4B6
RGB	rgb(55, 180, 182)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -32.43, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 34.22, 198.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.1016 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.106 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3365, 36.8291, 49.9676)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B4B6 #B63937

analogous

#37B679 #37B4B6 #3775B6

triadic

#37B4B6 #B637B4 #B4B637

tetradic

#37B4B6 #7937B6 #B63937 #75B637

square

#37B4B6 #7937B6 #B63937 #75B637

split-complementary

#37B4B6 #B63775 #B67937

monochromatic

#1B5758 #298687 #37B4B6 #5CCCCE #8BDBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#37B4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#37B4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B4B6

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B4B6	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 180, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.106 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbcb',
    500: '#37b4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b4b6;
$custom-light: #81cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.945,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7046,
    "c": 0.10607,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B4B6

secondary

#C68382

accent

#4D4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B4B6

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

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