#37A2C8#37A2C8

#37A2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.110 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A2C8
RGB	rgb(55, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -17.74, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 33.32, 237.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0763 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.11 226)
XYZ	xyz(24.9169, 30.8201, 59.2681)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A2C8 #C85D37

analogous

#37C8A5 #37A2C8 #375AC8

triadic

#37A2C8 #C837A2 #A2C837

tetradic

#37A2C8 #A537C8 #C85D37 #5AC837

square

#37A2C8 #A537C8 #C85D37 #5AC837

split-complementary

#37A2C8 #C8375A #C8A537

monochromatic

#1D5468 #2A7B98 #37A2C8 #67B8D5 #97CFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#37A2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#37A2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A2C8

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A2C8	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.110 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bdd8',
    500: '#37a2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a2c8;
$custom-light: #81bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66808,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.30823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A2C8

secondary

#CE9E8D

accent

#7048E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A2C8

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

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