#37BDA5#37BDA5

#37BDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDA5
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -41.27, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 41.31, 177.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1185 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.119 178)
XYZ	xyz(26.5613, 39.9209, 41.8957)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDA5 #BD374F

analogous

#37BD62 #37BDA5 #3792BD

triadic

#37BDA5 #A537BD #BDA537

tetradic

#37BDA5 #6237BD #BD374F #92BD37

square

#37BDA5 #6237BD #BD374F #92BD37

split-complementary

#37BDA5 #BD3792 #BD6237

monochromatic

#1B5E52 #298E7C #37BDA5 #60D1BD #90DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#37BDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#37BDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDA5

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BDA5	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1bf',
    500: '#37bda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bda5;
$custom-light: #81d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.254,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72142,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.39924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDA5

secondary

#C98692

accent

#4A64DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDA5

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

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