#37ABDE#37ABDE

#37ABDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.125 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37ABDE
RGB	rgb(55, 171, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 23%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -15.23, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 38.07, 246.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.077 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.125 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3180, 35.2085, 74.3438)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37ABDE #DE6A37

analogous

#37DEBD #37ABDE #3758DE

triadic

#37ABDE #DE37AB #ABDE37

tetradic

#37ABDE #BD37DE #DE6A37 #58DE37

square

#37ABDE #BD37DE #DE6A37 #58DE37

split-complementary

#37ABDE #DE3758 #DEBD37

monochromatic

#166385 #1F8AB9 #37ABDE #6CC1E7 #A0D7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#37ABDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#37ABDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37ABDE

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37ABDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37ABDE	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37abde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 171, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.125 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e8',
    500: '#37abde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37abde;
$custom-light: #85c4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37abde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.323,
    "s": 71.674,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69944,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37ABDE

secondary

#DCAB95

accent

#7139EE

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #37ABDE

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

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