#37BABD#37BABD

#37BABD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.110 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BABD
RGB	rgb(55, 186, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -33.24, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 35.24, 199.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.1046 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.11 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3156, 39.6008, 54.2856)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BABD #BD3A37

analogous

#37BD7D #37BABD #3777BD

triadic

#37BABD #BD37BA #BABD37

tetradic

#37BABD #7D37BD #BD3A37 #77BD37

square

#37BABD #7D37BD #BD3A37 #77BD37

split-complementary

#37BABD #BD3777 #BD7D37

monochromatic

#1B5D5E #298B8E #37BABD #60CED1 #90DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#37BABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#37BABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BABD

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BABD	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37babd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 186, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.110 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfd0',
    500: '#37babd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37babd;
$custom-light: #82cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37babd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.343,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72183,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BABD

secondary

#C98886

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BABD

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

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