#37BCA9#37BCA9

#37BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BCA9
RGB	rgb(55, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -39.76, -0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 39.77, 180.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.1156 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.116 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7167, 39.6401, 43.7717)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BCA9 #BC374A

analogous

#37BC67 #37BCA9 #378CBC

triadic

#37BCA9 #A937BC #BCA937

tetradic

#37BCA9 #6737BC #BC374A #8CBC37

square

#37BCA9 #6737BC #BC374A #8CBC37

split-complementary

#37BCA9 #BC378C #BC6737

monochromatic

#1B5D54 #298D7E #37BCA9 #60D0C0 #8FDED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#37BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#37BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BCA9

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BCA9	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c2',
    500: '#37bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bca9;
$custom-light: #81d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72013,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BCA9

secondary

#C9868F

accent

#4A5FDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BCA9

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

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