#37B8B8#37B8B8

#37B8B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B8B8
RGB	rgb(55, 184, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -33.75, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 35.23, 196.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.1048 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.109 195)
XYZ	xyz(27.3638, 38.5507, 51.3370)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B8B8 #B83737

analogous

#37B878 #37B8B8 #3778B8

triadic

#37B8B8 #B837B8 #B8B837

tetradic

#37B8B8 #7837B8 #B83737 #78B837

square

#37B8B8 #7837B8 #B83737 #78B837

split-complementary

#37B8B8 #B83778 #B87837

monochromatic

#1B5A5A #298989 #37B8B8 #5DCFCF #8DDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#37B8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#37B8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B8B8

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B8B8	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 184, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecd',
    500: '#37b8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b8b8;
$custom-light: #81cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71515,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.38554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B8B8

secondary

#C78484

accent

#4A4ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B8B8

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

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