#37BDA8#37BDA8

#37BDA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDA8
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -40.48, 0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 40.48, 179.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.1171 0)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.117 180)
XYZ	xyz(26.8376, 40.0314, 43.3506)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDA8 #BD374C

analogous

#37BD65 #37BDA8 #378FBD

triadic

#37BDA8 #A837BD #BDA837

tetradic

#37BDA8 #6537BD #BD374C #8FBD37

square

#37BDA8 #6537BD #BD374C #8FBD37

split-complementary

#37BDA8 #BD378F #BD6537

monochromatic

#1B5E54 #298E7E #37BDA8 #60D1BF #90DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#37BDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#37BDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDA8

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BDA8	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c1',
    500: '#37bda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bda8;
$custom-light: #81d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.597,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72232,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.40035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDA8

secondary

#C98691

accent

#4A61DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDA8

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

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