#37A9BD#37A9BD

#37A9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.103 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37A9BD
RGB	rgb(55, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -24.91, -19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 31.62, 218.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0876 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.103 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9449, 32.8594, 53.1621)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37A9BD #BD4B37

analogous

#37BD8E #37A9BD #3766BD

triadic

#37A9BD #BD37A9 #A9BD37

tetradic

#37A9BD #8E37BD #BD4B37 #66BD37

square

#37A9BD #8E37BD #BD4B37 #66BD37

split-complementary

#37A9BD #BD3766 #BD8E37

monochromatic

#1B545E #297F8E #37A9BD #60C0D1 #90D3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#37A9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#37A9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37A9BD

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37A9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37A9BD	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37a9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.103 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3d0',
    500: '#37a9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37a9bd;
$custom-light: #80c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37a9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.955,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6803,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37A9BD

secondary

#C99086

accent

#604ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #37A9BD

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

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