#37A8BC#37A8BC

#37A8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.102 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A8BC
RGB	rgb(55, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -24.71, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 31.44, 218.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.087 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.102 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6514, 32.4455, 52.5306)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A8BC #BC4B37

analogous

#37BC8E #37A8BC #3765BC

triadic

#37A8BC #BC37A8 #A8BC37

tetradic

#37A8BC #8E37BC #BC4B37 #65BC37

square

#37A8BC #8E37BC #BC4B37 #65BC37

split-complementary

#37A8BC #BC3765 #BC8E37

monochromatic

#1B535D #297E8D #37A8BC #60BFD0 #8FD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#37A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#37A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A8BC

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A8BC	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.102 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2d0',
    500: '#37a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a8bc;
$custom-light: #80c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.023,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67746,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A8BC

secondary

#C99086

accent

#604ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A8BC

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

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