#37BCBE#37BCBE

#37BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BCBE
RGB	rgb(55, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -33.89, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 35.73, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.1062 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.111 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8488, 40.4930, 55.0007)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BCBE #BE3937

analogous

#37BE7C #37BCBE #3778BE

triadic

#37BCBE #BE37BC #BCBE37

tetradic

#37BCBE #7C37BE #BE3937 #78BE37

square

#37BCBE #7C37BE #BE3937 #78BE37

split-complementary

#37BCBE #BE3778 #BE7C37

monochromatic

#1C5E5F #298D8F #37BCBE #61D0D1 #90DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#37BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#37BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BCBE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BCBE	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d1',
    500: '#37bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bcbe;
$custom-light: #83d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BCBE

secondary

#CA8887

accent

#4C49DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BCBE

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

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