#37A8CD#37A8CD

#37A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.112 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A8CD
RGB	rgb(55, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -19.27, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 33.93, 235.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0803 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.112 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5931, 33.2221, 62.7567)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A8CD #CD5C37

analogous

#37CDA7 #37A8CD #375DCD

triadic

#37A8CD #CD37A8 #A8CD37

tetradic

#37A8CD #A737CD #CD5C37 #5DCD37

square

#37A8CD #A737CD #CD5C37 #5DCD37

split-complementary

#37A8CD #CD375D #CDA737

monochromatic

#1C5A6E #28829F #37A8CD #68BDD9 #99D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#37A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#37A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A8CD

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A8CD	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.112 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2dc',
    500: '#37a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a8cd;
$custom-light: #82c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68462,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A8CD

secondary

#D19F8F

accent

#6C45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A8CD

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

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