#37BDB5#37BDB5

#37BDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDB5
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -36.93, -6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 37.47, 189.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.1112 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.113 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1097, 40.5403, 50.0507)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDB5 #BD373F

analogous

#37BD72 #37BDB5 #3782BD

triadic

#37BDB5 #B537BD #BDB537

tetradic

#37BDB5 #7237BD #BD373F #82BD37

square

#37BDB5 #7237BD #BD373F #82BD37

split-complementary

#37BDB5 #BD3782 #BD7237

monochromatic

#1B5E5A #298E88 #37BDB5 #60D1CA #90DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#37BDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#37BDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDB5

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BDB5	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1cb',
    500: '#37bdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bdb5;
$custom-light: #82d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.418,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72646,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDB5

secondary

#C9868A

accent

#4A52DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDB5

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

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