#37BDAB#37BDAB

#37BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDAB
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -39.67, -1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 39.69, 181.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.1157 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.116 182)
XYZ	xyz(27.1203, 40.1445, 44.8395)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDAB #BD3749

analogous

#37BD68 #37BDAB #378CBD

triadic

#37BDAB #AB37BD #BDAB37

tetradic

#37BDAB #6837BD #BD3749 #8CBD37

square

#37BDAB #6837BD #BD3749 #8CBD37

split-complementary

#37BDAB #BD378C #BD6837

monochromatic

#1B5E55 #298E80 #37BDAB #60D1C2 #90DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#37BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#37BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDAB

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BDAB	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c3',
    500: '#37bdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bdab;
$custom-light: #81d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.94,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72325,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.40148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDAB

secondary

#C9868F

accent

#4A5EDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDAB

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

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