#37B5C4#37B5C4

#37B5C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#37B5C4
RGBrgb(55, 181, 196)
HSLhsl(186, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(186, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(67.90, -28.73, -17.50)
CIE-LCHlch(67.90, 33.64, 211.35°)
OKLaboklab(71.22% -0.0967 -0.0486)
OKLCHoklch(71.22% 0.108 206.7)
XYZxyz(28.0589, 37.8422, 58.0393)
Luminance0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#37B5C4 #C44637
analogous
#37C48D #37B5C4 #376FC4
triadic
#37B5C4 #C437B5 #B5C437
tetradic
#37B5C4 #8D37C4 #C44637 #6FC437
square
#37B5C4 #8D37C4 #C44637 #6FC437
split-complementary
#37B5C4 #C4376F #C48D37
monochromatic
#1C5D64 #2A8994 #37B5C4 #65C8D4 #94D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45
#37B5C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57
#37B5C4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B5C4
8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##37B5C4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##37B5C41.002.458.578.57
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5721.001.001.00
##0000008.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6AEC5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#929FC4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #37b5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 181, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 206.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd5',
    500: '#37b5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #37b5c4;
$custom-light: #82cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#37b5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.383,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71222,
    "c": 0.10821,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#37B5C4
secondary
#CC928B
accent
#5848DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#37B5C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva