#37BCA8#37BCA8

#37BCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BCA8
RGB	rgb(55, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -40.03, -0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 40.03, 180.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.1161 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.116 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6232, 39.6027, 43.2792)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BCA8 #BC374B

analogous

#37BC65 #37BCA8 #378EBC

triadic

#37BCA8 #A837BC #BCA837

tetradic

#37BCA8 #6537BC #BC374B #8EBC37

square

#37BCA8 #6537BC #BC374B #8EBC37

split-complementary

#37BCA8 #BC378E #BC6537

monochromatic

#1B5D53 #298D7E #37BCA8 #60D0BF #8FDED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#37BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#37BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BCA8

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BCA8	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)

#B4B1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c1',
    500: '#37bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bca8;
$custom-light: #81d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.977,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71983,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BCA8

secondary

#C98690

accent

#4A60DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BCA8

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

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