#37B5BD#37B5BD

#37B5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B5BD
RGB	rgb(55, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -30.84, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 33.87, 204.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0996 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.107 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2807, 37.5309, 53.9407)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B5BD #BD3F37

analogous

#37BD82 #37B5BD #3772BD

triadic

#37B5BD #BD37B5 #B5BD37

tetradic

#37B5BD #8237BD #BD3F37 #72BD37

square

#37B5BD #8237BD #BD3F37 #72BD37

split-complementary

#37B5BD #BD3772 #BD8237

monochromatic

#1B5A5E #29888E #37B5BD #60CAD1 #90DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#37B5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#37B5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B5BD

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B5BD	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd0',
    500: '#37b5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b5bd;
$custom-light: #82cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.582,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70959,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B5BD

secondary

#C98A86

accent

#524ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B5BD

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

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