#37ABB5#37ABB5

#37ABB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37ABB5
RGB	rgb(55, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -28.36, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 31.86, 207.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0929 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.101 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4753, 33.2714, 48.8392)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37ABB5 #B54137

analogous

#37B580 #37ABB5 #376CB5

triadic

#37ABB5 #B537AB #ABB537

tetradic

#37ABB5 #8037B5 #B54137 #6CB537

square

#37ABB5 #8037B5 #B54137 #6CB537

split-complementary

#37ABB5 #B5376C #B58037

monochromatic

#1A5257 #297F86 #37ABB5 #5CC4CD #8BD5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#37ABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#37ABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37ABB5

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37ABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37ABB5	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#9EA4B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B96B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37abb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4cb',
    500: '#37abb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37abb5;
$custom-light: #80c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37abb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.762,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68208,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37ABB5

secondary

#C68782

accent

#574BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #37ABB5

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

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