#37BCAD#37BCAD

#37BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BCAD
RGB	rgb(55, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -38.68, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 38.78, 184.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1138 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.114 184)
XYZ	xyz(27.0980, 39.7926, 45.7797)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BCAD #BC3746

analogous

#37BC6A #37BCAD #3789BC

triadic

#37BCAD #AD37BC #BCAD37

tetradic

#37BCAD #6A37BC #BC3746 #89BC37

square

#37BCAD #6A37BC #BC3746 #89BC37

split-complementary

#37BCAD #BC3789 #BC6A37

monochromatic

#1B5D56 #298D81 #37BCAD #60D0C4 #8FDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#37BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#37BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BCAD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BCAD	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c5',
    500: '#37bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bcad;
$custom-light: #81d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.233,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72138,
    "c": 0.11405,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.39796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BCAD

secondary

#C9868D

accent

#4A5ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BCAD

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

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