#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
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -36.08, -7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 36.92, 192.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.1098 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.112 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4209, 40.6648, 51.6893)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##37BDB8	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDB8

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

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