#37B9BD#37B9BD

#37B9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B9BD
RGB	rgb(55, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -32.76, -12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 34.95, 200.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.1036 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.109 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1057, 39.1810, 54.2157)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B9BD #BD3B37

analogous

#37BD7E #37B9BD #3776BD

triadic

#37B9BD #BD37B9 #B9BD37

tetradic

#37B9BD #7E37BD #BD3B37 #76BD37

square

#37B9BD #7E37BD #BD3B37 #76BD37

split-complementary

#37B9BD #BD3776 #BD7E37

monochromatic

#1B5C5E #298B8E #37B9BD #60CDD1 #90DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#37B9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#37B9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B9BD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B9BD	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced0',
    500: '#37b9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b9bd;
$custom-light: #82ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.791,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71938,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B9BD

secondary

#C98886

accent

#4E4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B9BD

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

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