#37A8BE#37A8BE

#37A8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.103 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A8BE
RGB	rgb(55, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -24.08, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 31.59, 220.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0861 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.103 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8685, 32.5323, 53.6739)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A8BE #BE4D37

analogous

#37BE90 #37A8BE #3764BE

triadic

#37A8BE #BE37A8 #A8BE37

tetradic

#37A8BE #9037BE #BE4D37 #64BE37

square

#37A8BE #9037BE #BE4D37 #64BE37

split-complementary

#37A8BE #BE3764 #BE9037

monochromatic

#1C545F #297E8F #37A8BE #61BFD1 #90D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#37A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#37A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A8BE

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A8BE	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.103 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2d1',
    500: '#37a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a8be;
$custom-light: #80c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67827,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A8BE

secondary

#CA9287

accent

#6249DE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A8BE

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

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