#37B8BA#37B8BA

#37B8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B8BA
RGB	rgb(55, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -33.16, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 34.98, 198.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.1039 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.108 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5750, 38.6351, 52.4489)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B8BA #BA3937

analogous

#37BA7B #37B8BA #3777BA

triadic

#37B8BA #BA37B8 #B8BA37

tetradic

#37B8BA #7B37BA #BA3937 #77BA37

square

#37B8BA #7B37BA #BA3937 #77BA37

split-complementary

#37B8BA #BA3777 #BA7B37

monochromatic

#1B5B5C #29898B #37B8BA #5FCED0 #8EDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#37B8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#37B8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B8BA

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B8BA	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cece',
    500: '#37b8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b8ba;
$custom-light: #82cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.916,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71586,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B8BA

secondary

#C88685

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B8BA

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

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