#37BEB5#37BEB5

#37BEB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BEB5
RGB	rgb(55, 190, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -37.39, -5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 37.85, 188.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.1122 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.113 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3256, 40.9720, 50.1226)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BEB5 #BE3740

analogous

#37BE71 #37BEB5 #3783BE

triadic

#37BEB5 #B537BE #BEB537

tetradic

#37BEB5 #7137BE #BE3740 #83BE37

square

#37BEB5 #7137BE #BE3740 #83BE37

split-complementary

#37BEB5 #BE3783 #BE7137

monochromatic

#1C5F5B #298F88 #37BEB5 #61D1CA #90DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#37BEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#37BEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BEB5

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BEB5	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)

#B3B4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37beb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 190, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2cb',
    500: '#37beb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37beb5;
$custom-light: #82d2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37beb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72893,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BEB5

secondary

#CA878B

accent

#4953DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BEB5

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

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