#37BCAC#37BCAC

#37BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BCAC
RGB	rgb(55, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -38.96, -2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 39.02, 183.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.1142 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.114 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0016, 39.7541, 45.2720)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BCAC #BC3747

analogous

#37BC69 #37BCAC #3789BC

triadic

#37BCAC #AC37BC #BCAC37

tetradic

#37BCAC #6937BC #BC3747 #89BC37

square

#37BCAC #6937BC #BC3747 #89BC37

split-complementary

#37BCAC #BC3789 #BC6937

monochromatic

#1B5D55 #298D81 #37BCAC #60D0C3 #8FDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#37BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#37BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BCAC

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BCAC	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c4',
    500: '#37bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bcac;
$custom-light: #81d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.782,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72107,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BCAC

secondary

#C9868E

accent

#4A5CDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BCAC

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

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