#37BAB8#37BAB8

#37BAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BAB8
RGB	rgb(55, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -34.69, -9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 35.88, 194.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.1068 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.11 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7822, 39.3875, 51.4764)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BAB8 #BA3739

analogous

#37BA77 #37BAB8 #377BBA

triadic

#37BAB8 #B837BA #BAB837

tetradic

#37BAB8 #7737BA #BA3739 #7BBA37

square

#37BAB8 #7737BA #BA3739 #7BBA37

split-complementary

#37BAB8 #BA377B #BA7737

monochromatic

#1B5C5B #298B89 #37BAB8 #5FD0CE #8EDEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#37BAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#37BAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BAB8

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BAB8	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfcd',
    500: '#37bab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bab8;
$custom-light: #82cfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.084,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72008,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BAB8

secondary

#C88586

accent

#4A4CDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BAB8

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

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