#37B5D6#37B5D6

#37B5D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.116 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#37B5D6
RGBrgb(55, 181, 214)
HSLhsl(192, 66%, 53%)
HSVhsv(192, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74.3%, 15.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.54, -23.10, -26.43)
CIE-LCHlch(68.54, 35.10, 228.85°)
OKLaboklab(71.95% -0.0895 -0.0739)
OKLCHoklch(71.95% 0.116 219.5)
XYZxyz(30.2319, 38.7114, 69.4840)
Luminance0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#37B5D6 #D65837
analogous
#37D6A8 #37B5D6 #3765D6
triadic
#37B5D6 #D637B5 #B5D637
tetradic
#37B5D6 #A837D6 #D65837 #65D637
square
#37B5D6 #A837D6 #D65837 #65D637
split-complementary
#37B5D6 #D63765 #D6A837
monochromatic
#19667A #2390AC #37B5D6 #6AC8E0 #9DDBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#37B5D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74
#37B5D6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B5D6
8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##37B5D6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##37B5D61.002.408.748.74
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7421.001.001.00
##0000008.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B0D8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8BA0D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #37b5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 181, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.116 219.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbe2',
    500: '#37b5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #37b5d6;
$custom-light: #85cbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#37b5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.453,
    "s": 65.975,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71947,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#37B5D6
secondary
#D7A092
accent
#623FE9
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B5D6

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#37B5D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva