#37BDB8#37BDB8

#37BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#37BDB8
RGBrgb(55, 189, 184)
HSLhsl(178, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(178, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(70.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.94, -36.08, -7.85)
CIE-LCHlch(69.94, 36.92, 192.27°)
OKLaboklab(72.75% -0.1098 -0.0219)
OKLCHoklch(72.75% 0.112 191.3)
XYZxyz(28.4209, 40.6648, 51.6893)
Luminance0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#37BDB8 #BD373C
analogous
#37BD75 #37BDB8 #377FBD
triadic
#37BDB8 #B837BD #BDB837
tetradic
#37BDB8 #7537BD #BD373C #7FBD37
square
#37BDB8 #7537BD #BD373C #7FBD37
split-complementary
#37BDB8 #BD377F #BD7537
monochromatic
#1B5E5C #298E8A #37BDB8 #60D1CD #90DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#37BDB8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13
#37BDB8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDB8
9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##37BDB8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##37BDB81.002.309.139.13
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1321.001.001.00
##0000009.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2B3B8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA5B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #37bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 191.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1cd',
    500: '#37bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #37bdb8;
$custom-light: #82d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#37bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.761,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72746,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#37BDB8
secondary
#C98689
accent
#4A4FDE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

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#37BDB8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva