#37B8A6#37B8A6

#37B8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B8A6
RGB	rgb(55, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -38.78, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 38.79, 181.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.1129 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.113 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5957, 37.8434, 42.0245)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B8A6 #B83749

analogous

#37B866 #37B8A6 #378AB8

triadic

#37B8A6 #A637B8 #B8A637

tetradic

#37B8A6 #6637B8 #B83749 #8AB837

square

#37B8A6 #6637B8 #B83749 #8AB837

split-complementary

#37B8A6 #B8378A #B86637

monochromatic

#1B5A51 #29897B #37B8A6 #5DCFBF #8DDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#37B8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#37B8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B8A6

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B8A6	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec0',
    500: '#37b8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b8a6;
$custom-light: #80cec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.628,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70921,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B8A6

secondary

#C7848D

accent

#4A5FDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B8A6

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

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