#37B8CA#37B8CA

#37B8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B8CA
RGB	rgb(55, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -28.37, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 34.22, 213.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0971 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.111 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3721, 39.3540, 61.9137)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B8CA #CA4937

analogous

#37CA92 #37B8CA #376ECA

triadic

#37B8CA #CA37B8 #B8CA37

tetradic

#37B8CA #9237CA #CA4937 #6ECA37

square

#37B8CA #9237CA #CA4937 #6ECA37

split-complementary

#37B8CA #CA376E #CA9237

monochromatic

#1C616A #298D9B #37B8CA #67C9D7 #98DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#37B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#37B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B8CA

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B8CA	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdda',
    500: '#37b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b8ca;
$custom-light: #83cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7218,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B8CA

secondary

#CF968E

accent

#5946E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B8CA

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

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