#37B8CD#37B8CD

#37B8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B8CD
RGB	rgb(55, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -27.44, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 34.33, 216.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0959 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.112 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7307, 39.4974, 63.8026)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B8CD #CD4C37

analogous

#37CD97 #37B8CD #376DCD

triadic

#37B8CD #CD37B8 #B8CD37

tetradic

#37B8CD #9737CD #CD4C37 #6DCD37

square

#37B8CD #9737CD #CD4C37 #6DCD37

split-complementary

#37B8CD #CD376D #CD9737

monochromatic

#1C636E #288E9F #37B8CD #68C9D9 #99DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#37B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#37B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B8CD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B8CD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cddc',
    500: '#37b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b8cd;
$custom-light: #84cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.4,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72297,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B8CD

secondary

#D1988F

accent

#5B45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B8CD

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

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