#37B8BD#37B8BD

#37B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B8BD
RGB	rgb(55, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -32.28, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 34.66, 201.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1026 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.108 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8972, 38.7640, 54.1462)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B8BD #BD3C37

analogous

#37BD7F #37B8BD #3775BD

triadic

#37B8BD #BD37B8 #B8BD37

tetradic

#37B8BD #7F37BD #BD3C37 #75BD37

square

#37B8BD #7F37BD #BD3C37 #75BD37

split-complementary

#37B8BD #BD3775 #BD7F37

monochromatic

#1B5C5E #298A8E #37B8BD #60CDD1 #90DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#37B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#37B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B8BD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B8BD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced0',
    500: '#37b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b8bd;
$custom-light: #82ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.239,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71693,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B8BD

secondary

#C98986

accent

#4F4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B8BD

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

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