#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
RGBrgb(55, 186, 184)
HSLhsl(179, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(179, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(70.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.03, -34.69, -9.20)
CIE-LCHlch(69.03, 35.88, 194.85°)
OKLaboklab(72.01% -0.1068 -0.0256)
OKLCHoklch(72.01% 0.11 193.5)
XYZxyz(27.7822, 39.3875, 51.4764)
Luminance0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##37BAB81.002.378.888.88
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8821.001.001.00
##0000008.8821.001.001.00

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

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#37BAB8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva