#37BCA5#37BCA5

#37BCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BCA5
RGB	rgb(55, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -40.83, 1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 40.85, 178.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.1174 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.117 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3470, 39.4922, 41.8242)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BCA5 #BC374E

analogous

#37BC62 #37BCA5 #3791BC

triadic

#37BCA5 #A537BC #BCA537

tetradic

#37BCA5 #6237BC #BC374E #91BC37

square

#37BCA5 #6237BC #BC374E #91BC37

split-complementary

#37BCA5 #BC3791 #BC6237

monochromatic

#1B5D52 #298D7B #37BCA5 #60D0BD #8FDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#37BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#37BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BCA5

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BCA5	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1bf',
    500: '#37bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bca5;
$custom-light: #81d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.624,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71892,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BCA5

secondary

#C98691

accent

#4A63DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BCA5

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

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