#37BCA6#37BCA6

#37BCA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BCA6
RGB	rgb(55, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -40.56, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 40.57, 178.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.117 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.117 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4383, 39.5288, 42.3054)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BCA6 #BC374D

analogous

#37BC63 #37BCA6 #3790BC

triadic

#37BCA6 #A637BC #BCA637

tetradic

#37BCA6 #6337BC #BC374D #90BC37

square

#37BCA6 #6337BC #BC374D #90BC37

split-complementary

#37BCA6 #BC3790 #BC6337

monochromatic

#1B5D52 #298D7C #37BCA6 #60D0BE #8FDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#37BCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#37BCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BCA6

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BCA6	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c0',
    500: '#37bca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bca6;
$custom-light: #81d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.075,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71922,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BCA6

secondary

#C98691

accent

#4A62DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BCA6

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

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