#37BCAE#37BCAE

#37BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.114 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BCAE
RGB	rgb(55, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -38.41, -3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 38.55, 184.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.1133 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.114 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1951, 39.8315, 46.2912)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BCAE #BC3745

analogous

#37BC6B #37BCAE #3788BC

triadic

#37BCAE #AE37BC #BCAE37

tetradic

#37BCAE #6B37BC #BC3745 #88BC37

square

#37BCAE #6B37BC #BC3745 #88BC37

split-complementary

#37BCAE #BC3788 #BC6B37

monochromatic

#1B5D56 #298D82 #37BCAE #60D0C5 #8FDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#37BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#37BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BCAE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BCAE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.114 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c6',
    500: '#37bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bcae;
$custom-light: #81d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7217,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BCAE

secondary

#C9868D

accent

#4A59DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BCAE

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

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