#37BAA8#37BAA8

#37BAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BAA8
RGB	rgb(55, 186, 168)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 9.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -39.14, -1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 39.15, 181.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.114 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.114 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1989, 38.7541, 43.1377)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BAA8 #BA3749

analogous

#37BA67 #37BAA8 #378ABA

triadic

#37BAA8 #A837BA #BAA837

tetradic

#37BAA8 #6737BA #BA3749 #8ABA37

square

#37BAA8 #6737BA #BA3749 #8ABA37

split-complementary

#37BAA8 #BA378A #BA6737

monochromatic

#1B5C53 #298B7D #37BAA8 #5FD0C0 #8EDED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#37BAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#37BAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BAA8

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BAA8	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)

#B2AFA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37baa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 186, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfc1',
    500: '#37baa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37baa8;
$custom-light: #80cfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37baa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.756,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71483,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BAA8

secondary

#C8858E

accent

#4A5EDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BAA8

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

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