#37B5CD#37B5CD

#37B5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.111 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B5CD
RGB	rgb(55, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -25.95, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 34.01, 220.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.093 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.111 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1142, 38.2643, 63.5971)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B5CD #CD4F37

analogous

#37CD9A #37B5CD #376ACD

triadic

#37B5CD #CD37B5 #B5CD37

tetradic

#37B5CD #9A37CD #CD4F37 #6ACD37

square

#37B5CD #9A37CD #CD4F37 #6ACD37

split-complementary

#37B5CD #CD376A #CD9A37

monochromatic

#1C616E #288C9F #37B5CD #68C7D9 #99D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#37B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#37B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B5CD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B5CD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.111 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbdc',
    500: '#37b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b5cd;
$custom-light: #83cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71576,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B5CD

secondary

#D1998F

accent

#5E45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B5CD

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

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