#37B8B6#37B8B6

#37B8B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B8B6
RGB	rgb(55, 184, 182)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -34.32, -9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 35.51, 194.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.1057 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.109 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1557, 38.4674, 50.2407)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B8B6 #B83739

analogous

#37B876 #37B8B6 #377AB8

triadic

#37B8B6 #B637B8 #B8B637

tetradic

#37B8B6 #7637B8 #B83739 #7AB837

square

#37B8B6 #7637B8 #B83739 #7AB837

split-complementary

#37B8B6 #B8377A #B87637

monochromatic

#1B5A59 #298987 #37B8B6 #5DCFCD #8DDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#37B8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#37B8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B8B6

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B8B6	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)

#ACAFB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 184, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecb',
    500: '#37b8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b8b6;
$custom-light: #81cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.07,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71446,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B8B6

secondary

#C78485

accent

#4A4DDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B8B6

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

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