#37B8B4#37B8B4

#37B8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B8B4
RGB	rgb(55, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -34.89, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 35.82, 193.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.1066 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.109 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9505, 38.3853, 49.1599)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B8B4 #B8373B

analogous

#37B874 #37B8B4 #377BB8

triadic

#37B8B4 #B437B8 #B8B437

tetradic

#37B8B4 #7437B8 #B8373B #7BB837

square

#37B8B4 #7437B8 #B8373B #7BB837

split-complementary

#37B8B4 #B8377B #B87437

monochromatic

#1B5A58 #298986 #37B8B4 #5DCFCB #8DDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#37B8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#37B8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B8B4

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B8B4	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ceca',
    500: '#37b8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b8b4;
$custom-light: #81ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.14,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71377,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B8B4

secondary

#C78486

accent

#4A4FDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B8B4

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

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