#37B4BD#37B4BD

#37B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.106 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B4BD
RGB	rgb(55, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -30.36, -14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 33.62, 205.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0986 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.106 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0781, 37.1257, 53.8731)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B4BD #BD4037

analogous

#37BD83 #37B4BD #3771BD

triadic

#37B4BD #BD37B4 #B4BD37

tetradic

#37B4BD #8337BD #BD4037 #71BD37

square

#37B4BD #8337BD #BD4037 #71BD37

split-complementary

#37B4BD #BD3771 #BD8337

monochromatic

#1B5A5E #29878E #37B4BD #60C9D1 #90D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#37B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#37B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B4BD

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B4BD	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.106 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd0',
    500: '#37b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b4bd;
$custom-light: #81cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.03,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70714,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B4BD

secondary

#C98B86

accent

#544ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B4BD

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

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