#37BDB4#37BDB4

#37BDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDB4
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -37.21, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 37.66, 188.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.1116 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.113 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0075, 40.4994, 49.5122)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDB4 #BD3740

analogous

#37BD71 #37BDB4 #3783BD

triadic

#37BDB4 #B437BD #BDB437

tetradic

#37BDB4 #7137BD #BD3740 #83BD37

square

#37BDB4 #7137BD #BD3740 #83BD37

split-complementary

#37BDB4 #BD3783 #BD7137

monochromatic

#1B5E5A #298E87 #37BDB4 #60D1C9 #90DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#37BDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#37BDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDB4

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BDB4	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1ca',
    500: '#37bdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bdb4;
$custom-light: #82d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.97,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72613,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDB4

secondary

#C9868B

accent

#4A54DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDB4

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

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