#37B8B5#37B8B5

#37B8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B8B5
RGB	rgb(55, 184, 181)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -34.61, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 35.66, 193.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.1061 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.109 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0527, 38.4262, 49.6983)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B8B5 #B8373A

analogous

#37B875 #37B8B5 #377AB8

triadic

#37B8B5 #B537B8 #B8B537

tetradic

#37B8B5 #7537B8 #B8373A #7AB837

square

#37B8B5 #7537B8 #B8373A #7AB837

split-complementary

#37B8B5 #B8377A #B87537

monochromatic

#1B5A58 #298987 #37B8B5 #5DCFCC #8DDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#37B8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#37B8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B8B5

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B8B5	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 184, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecb',
    500: '#37b8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b8b5;
$custom-light: #81cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.605,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71411,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B8B5

secondary

#C78485

accent

#4A4EDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B8B5

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

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