#37B8B9#37B8B9

#37B8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B8B9
RGB	rgb(55, 184, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -33.46, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 35.10, 197.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.1044 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.108 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4690, 38.5928, 51.8910)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B8B9 #B93837

analogous

#37B979 #37B8B9 #3777B9

triadic

#37B8B9 #B937B8 #B8B937

tetradic

#37B8B9 #7937B9 #B93837 #77B937

square

#37B8B9 #7937B9 #B93837 #77B937

split-complementary

#37B8B9 #B93777 #B97937

monochromatic

#1B5A5B #29898A #37B8B9 #5ECECF #8DDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#37B8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#37B8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B8B9

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B8B9	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 184, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cece',
    500: '#37b8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b8b9;
$custom-light: #82cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.462,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71551,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B8B9

secondary

#C88584

accent

#4B4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B8B9

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

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