#37B9B8#37B9B8

#37B9B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B9B8
RGB	rgb(55, 185, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -34.22, -9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 35.55, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.1058 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.109 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5723, 38.9676, 51.4065)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B9B8 #B93738

analogous

#37B977 #37B9B8 #3779B9

triadic

#37B9B8 #B837B9 #B9B837

tetradic

#37B9B8 #7737B9 #B93738 #79B937

square

#37B9B8 #7737B9 #B93738 #79B937

split-complementary

#37B9B8 #B93779 #B97737

monochromatic

#1B5B5A #298A89 #37B9B8 #5ECFCE #8DDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#37B9B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#37B9B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B9B8

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B9B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B9B8	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b9b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 185, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cecd',
    500: '#37b9b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b9b8;
$custom-light: #82cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b9b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71762,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B9B8

secondary

#C88485

accent

#4A4BDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B9B8

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

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