#37BAAD#37BAAD

#37BAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BAAD
RGB	rgb(55, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -37.78, -3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 37.95, 185.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.1117 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.112 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6737, 38.9441, 45.6382)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BAAD #BA3744

analogous

#37BA6C #37BAAD #3785BA

triadic

#37BAAD #AD37BA #BAAD37

tetradic

#37BAAD #6C37BA #BA3744 #85BA37

square

#37BAAD #6C37BA #BA3744 #85BA37

split-complementary

#37BAAD #BA3785 #BA6C37

monochromatic

#1B5C55 #298B81 #37BAAD #5FD0C4 #8EDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#37BAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#37BAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BAAD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B1B0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37baad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc5',
    500: '#37baad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37baad;
$custom-light: #81cfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37baad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.046,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71641,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BAAD

secondary

#C8858B

accent

#4A59DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BAAD

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

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