#37A8BD#37A8BD

#37A8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.103 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A8BD
RGB	rgb(55, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -24.40, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 31.51, 219.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0866 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.103 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7596, 32.4887, 53.1003)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A8BD #BD4C37

analogous

#37BD8F #37A8BD #3765BD

triadic

#37A8BD #BD37A8 #A8BD37

tetradic

#37A8BD #8F37BD #BD4C37 #65BD37

square

#37A8BD #8F37BD #BD4C37 #65BD37

split-complementary

#37A8BD #BD3765 #BD8F37

monochromatic

#1B545E #297E8E #37A8BD #60BFD1 #90D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#37A8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#37A8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A8BD

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A8BD	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.103 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2d1',
    500: '#37a8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a8bd;
$custom-light: #80c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.403,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67787,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A8BD

secondary

#C99186

accent

#614ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A8BD

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

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