#37B8C8#37B8C8

#37B8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#37B8C8
RGBrgb(55, 184, 200)
HSLhsl(187, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(187, 73%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72.5%, 8%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.94, -28.98, -18.13)
CIE-LCHlch(68.94, 34.19, 212.03°)
OKLaboklab(72.1% -0.098 -0.0504)
OKLCHoklch(72.1% 0.11 207.2)
XYZxyz(29.1368, 39.2599, 60.6747)
Luminance0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#37B8C8 #C84737
analogous
#37C890 #37B8C8 #376FC8
triadic
#37B8C8 #C837B8 #B8C837
tetradic
#37B8C8 #9037C8 #C84737 #6FC837
square
#37B8C8 #9037C8 #C84737 #6FC837
split-complementary
#37B8C8 #C8376F #C89037
monochromatic
#1D6068 #2A8C98 #37B8C8 #67C9D5 #97DAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#37B8C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85
#37B8C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B8C8
8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##37B8C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##37B8C81.002.378.858.85
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8521.001.001.00
##0000008.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8B1C9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94A2C8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #37b8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 184, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 207.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd8',
    500: '#37b8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #37b8c8;
$custom-light: #83cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#37b8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.621,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72103,
    "c": 0.11019,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#37B8C8
secondary
#CE948D
accent
#5848E0
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#37B8C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva