#37BEA8#37BEA8

#37BEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BEA8
RGB	rgb(55, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -40.92, 0.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 40.93, 179.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.1181 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.118 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0534, 40.4631, 43.4226)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BEA8 #BE374D

analogous

#37BE64 #37BEA8 #3790BE

triadic

#37BEA8 #A837BE #BEA837

tetradic

#37BEA8 #6437BE #BE374D #90BE37

square

#37BEA8 #6437BE #BE374D #90BE37

split-complementary

#37BEA8 #BE3790 #BE6437

monochromatic

#1C5F54 #298F7E #37BEA8 #61D1BF #90DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#37BEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#37BEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BEA8

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BEA8	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2c1',
    500: '#37bea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bea8;
$custom-light: #81d2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BEA8

secondary

#CA8792

accent

#4962DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BEA8

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

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