#37BDB2#37BDB2

#37BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDB2
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -37.76, -4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 38.07, 187.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1125 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.113 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8052, 40.4185, 48.4470)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDB2 #BD3742

analogous

#37BD6F #37BDB2 #3785BD

triadic

#37BDB2 #B237BD #BDB237

tetradic

#37BDB2 #6F37BD #BD3742 #85BD37

square

#37BDB2 #6F37BD #BD3742 #85BD37

split-complementary

#37BDB2 #BD3785 #BD6F37

monochromatic

#1B5E59 #298E85 #37BDB2 #60D1C8 #90DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#37BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#37BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDB2

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BDB2	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c9',
    500: '#37bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bdb2;
$custom-light: #82d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.075,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72547,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDB2

secondary

#C9868C

accent

#4A56DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDB2

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

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