#37B6CD#37B6CD

#37B6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B6CD
RGB	rgb(55, 182, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -26.45, -21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 34.10, 219.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.094 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.111 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3182, 38.6724, 63.6651)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B6CD #CD4E37

analogous

#37CD99 #37B6CD #376BCD

triadic

#37B6CD #CD37B6 #B6CD37

tetradic

#37B6CD #9937CD #CD4E37 #6BCD37

square

#37B6CD #9937CD #CD4E37 #6BCD37

split-complementary

#37B6CD #CD376B #CD9937

monochromatic

#1C616E #288D9F #37B6CD #68C8D9 #99DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#37B6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#37B6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B6CD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B6CD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 182, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccdc',
    500: '#37b6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b6cd;
$custom-light: #83ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71816,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B6CD

secondary

#D1998F

accent

#5D45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B6CD

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

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