#37BDBF#37BDBF

#37BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BDBF
RGB	rgb(55, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -34.07, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 35.92, 198.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.1067 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.111 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1729, 40.9655, 55.6497)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BDBF #BF3937

analogous

#37BF7D #37BDBF #3779BF

triadic

#37BDBF #BF37BD #BDBF37

tetradic

#37BDBF #7D37BF #BF3937 #79BF37

square

#37BDBF #7D37BF #BF3937 #79BF37

split-complementary

#37BDBF #BF3779 #BF7D37

monochromatic

#1C5F60 #298E8F #37BDBF #62D0D2 #91DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#37BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#37BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BDBF

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BDBF	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d2',
    500: '#37bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bdbf;
$custom-light: #83d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72988,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BDBF

secondary

#CA8988

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BDBF

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

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