#37BDA9#37BDA9

#37BDA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDA9
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -40.21, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 40.21, 180.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.1166 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.117 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9311, 40.0688, 43.8431)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDA9 #BD374B

analogous

#37BD66 #37BDA9 #378EBD

triadic

#37BDA9 #A937BD #BDA937

tetradic

#37BDA9 #6637BD #BD374B #8EBD37

square

#37BDA9 #6637BD #BD374B #8EBD37

split-complementary

#37BDA9 #BD378E #BD6637

monochromatic

#1B5E54 #298E7F #37BDA9 #60D1C0 #90DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#37BDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#37BDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDA9

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BDA9	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)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c2',
    500: '#37bda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bda9;
$custom-light: #81d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.045,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72263,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDA9

secondary

#C98690

accent

#4A60DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDA9

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

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