#37BDB9#37BDB9

#37BDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDB9
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -35.80, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 36.76, 193.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.1094 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.112 192)
XYZ	xyz(28.5261, 40.7068, 52.2433)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDB9 #BD373B

analogous

#37BD76 #37BDB9 #377EBD

triadic

#37BDB9 #B937BD #BDB937

tetradic

#37BDB9 #7637BD #BD373B #7EBD37

square

#37BDB9 #7637BD #BD373B #7EBD37

split-complementary

#37BDB9 #BD377E #BD7637

monochromatic

#1B5E5C #298E8B #37BDB9 #60D1CD #90DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#37BDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#37BDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDB9

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BDB9	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1ce',
    500: '#37bdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bdb9;
$custom-light: #82d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.209,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7278,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.4071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDB9

secondary

#C98688

accent

#4A4EDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDB9

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

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