#37BDA6#37BDA6

#37BDA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDA6
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 166)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 12.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -41.00, 1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 41.02, 178.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.118 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.118 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6527, 39.9575, 42.3769)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDA6 #BD374E

analogous

#37BD63 #37BDA6 #3791BD

triadic

#37BDA6 #A637BD #BDA637

tetradic

#37BDA6 #6337BD #BD374E #91BD37

square

#37BDA6 #6337BD #BD374E #91BD37

split-complementary

#37BDA6 #BD3791 #BD6337

monochromatic

#1B5E53 #298E7C #37BDA6 #60D1BE #90DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#37BDA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#37BDA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDA6

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BDA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BDA6	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bda6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c0',
    500: '#37bda6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bda6;
$custom-light: #81d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bda6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.701,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72172,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDA6

secondary

#C98692

accent

#4A63DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDA6

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

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