#37DAB9#37DAB9
#37DAB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.138 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #37DAB9 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(55, 218, 185) |
| HSL | hsl(168, 69%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(168, 75%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 14.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.73, -48.56, 4.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.73, 48.77, 174.72°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.92% -0.1379 0.0112) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.92% 0.138 175.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.3994, 54.4535, 54.5344) |
| Luminance | 0.5446 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 1.79
Aqua (survey)
#13EAC9
ΔE00 3.78
Aqua Marine
#2EE8BB
ΔE00 4.10
Eucalyptus
#44D7A8
ΔE00 4.12
Mediumaquamarine
#66CDAA
ΔE00 4.94
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 5.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#37DAB9 #DA3758
analogous
#37DA67 #37DAB9 #37A9DA
triadic
#37DAB9 #B937DA #DAB937
tetradic
#37DAB9 #6737DA #DA3758 #A9DA37
square
#37DAB9 #6737DA #DA3758 #A9DA37
split-complementary
#37DAB9 #DA37A9 #DA6737
monochromatic
#187F6A #21B395 #37DAB9 #6BE4CB #9EEDDD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.77
#37DAB9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.89
#37DAB9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #37DAB9
11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##37DAB9 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##37DAB9 | 1.00 | 1.77 | 11.89 | 11.89 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.77 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2CCB8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDBCBB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DDD0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #37dab9; /* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 218, 185); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.138 175.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#86e6ce',
500: '#37dab9',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #37dab9; $custom-light: #86e6ce; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#37dab9",
"rgb": {
"r": 55,
"g": 218,
"b": 185
},
"hsl": {
"h": 167.853,
"s": 68.776,
"l": 53.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79919,
"c": 0.13835,
"h": 175.4
},
"luminance": 0.54458
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#37DAB9
secondary
#862F41
accent
#3C60EC
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFA
border
#CED5D3
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8483