#37BCAB#37BCAB

#37BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BCAB
RGB	rgb(55, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -39.23, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 39.26, 182.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.1147 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.115 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9059, 39.7158, 44.7681)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BCAB #BC3748

analogous

#37BC69 #37BCAB #378ABC

triadic

#37BCAB #AB37BC #BCAB37

tetradic

#37BCAB #6937BC #BC3748 #8ABC37

square

#37BCAB #6937BC #BC3748 #8ABC37

split-complementary

#37BCAB #BC378A #BC6937

monochromatic

#1B5D55 #298D80 #37BCAB #60D0C2 #8FDED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#37BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#37BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BCAB

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BCAB	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c3',
    500: '#37bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bcab;
$custom-light: #81d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.331,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72075,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BCAB

secondary

#C9868E

accent

#4A5DDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BCAB

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

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