#37BDAE#37BDAE

#37BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDAE
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -38.86, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 38.96, 184.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.1143 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.115 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4095, 40.2602, 46.3626)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDAE #BD3746

analogous

#37BD6B #37BDAE #3789BD

triadic

#37BDAE #AE37BD #BDAE37

tetradic

#37BDAE #6B37BD #BD3746 #89BD37

square

#37BDAE #6B37BD #BD3746 #89BD37

split-complementary

#37BDAE #BD3789 #BD6B37

monochromatic

#1B5E57 #298E82 #37BDAE #60D1C4 #90DFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#37BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#37BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDAE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c6',
    500: '#37bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bdae;
$custom-light: #81d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.284,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72419,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDAE

secondary

#C9868E

accent

#4A5ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDAE

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

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