#37B5DA#37B5DA

#37B5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#37B5DA
RGBrgb(55, 181, 218)
HSLhsl(194, 69%, 54%)
HSVhsv(194, 75%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.8%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.69, -21.81, -28.39)
CIE-LCHlch(68.69, 35.80, 232.47°)
OKLaboklab(72.12% -0.0879 -0.0795)
OKLCHoklch(72.12% 0.119 222.1)
XYZxyz(30.7490, 38.9182, 72.2075)
Luminance0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#37B5DA #DA5C37
analogous
#37DAAE #37B5DA #3763DA
triadic
#37B5DA #DA37B5 #B5DA37
tetradic
#37B5DA #AE37DA #DA5C37 #63DA37
square
#37B5DA #AE37DA #DA5C37 #63DA37
split-complementary
#37B5DA #DA3763 #DAAE37
monochromatic
#18687F #2192B3 #37B5DA #6BC8E4 #9EDBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#37B5DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78
#37B5DA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B5DA
8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##37B5DA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##37B5DA1.002.398.788.78
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7821.001.001.00
##0000008.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FB1DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A1DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #37b5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 222.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbe5',
    500: '#37b5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #37b5da;
$custom-light: #85cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#37b5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.62,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72117,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#37B5DA
secondary
#D9A393
accent
#643CEC
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#37B5DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva