#37BCB8#37BCB8

#37BCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BCB8
RGB	rgb(55, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -35.62, -8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 36.57, 193.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.1088 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.111 192)
XYZ	xyz(28.2065, 40.2360, 51.6179)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BCB8 #BC373B

analogous

#37BC75 #37BCB8 #377EBC

triadic

#37BCB8 #B837BC #BCB837

tetradic

#37BCB8 #7537BC #BC373B #7EBC37

square

#37BCB8 #7537BC #BC373B #7EBC37

split-complementary

#37BCB8 #BC377E #BC7537

monochromatic

#1B5D5B #298D8A #37BCB8 #60D0CD #8FDEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#37BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#37BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BCB8

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BCB8	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0cd',
    500: '#37bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bcb8;
$custom-light: #82d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.195,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.725,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.40239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BCB8

secondary

#C98688

accent

#4A4EDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BCB8

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

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