#37BDAD#37BDAD

#37BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDAD
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -39.13, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 39.20, 183.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.1148 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.115 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3124, 40.2213, 45.8511)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDAD #BD3747

analogous

#37BD6A #37BDAD #378ABD

triadic

#37BDAD #AD37BD #BDAD37

tetradic

#37BDAD #6A37BD #BD3747 #8ABD37

square

#37BDAD #6A37BD #BD3747 #8ABD37

split-complementary

#37BDAD #BD378A #BD6A37

monochromatic

#1B5E56 #298E82 #37BDAD #60D1C3 #90DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#37BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#37BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDAD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BDAD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c5',
    500: '#37bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bdad;
$custom-light: #81d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.836,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72387,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDAD

secondary

#C9868E

accent

#4A5BDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDAD

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

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