#37BDBA#37BDBA

#37BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDBA
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -35.51, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 36.60, 194.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.1089 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.112 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6320, 40.7492, 52.8012)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDBA #BD373A

analogous

#37BD77 #37BDBA #377DBD

triadic

#37BDBA #BA37BD #BDBA37

tetradic

#37BDBA #7737BD #BD373A #7DBD37

square

#37BDBA #7737BD #BD373A #7DBD37

split-complementary

#37BDBA #BD377D #BD7737

monochromatic

#1B5E5D #298E8B #37BDBA #60D1CE #90DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#37BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#37BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDBA

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BDBA	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 192.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.657,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDBA

secondary

#C98688

accent

#4A4DDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDBA

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

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