#37B9C8#37B9C8

#37B9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B9C8
RGB	rgb(55, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -29.47, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 34.37, 210.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.099 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.11 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3453, 39.6768, 60.7442)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B9C8 #C84637

analogous

#37C88F #37B9C8 #3770C8

triadic

#37B9C8 #C837B9 #B9C837

tetradic

#37B9C8 #8F37C8 #C84637 #70C837

square

#37B9C8 #8F37C8 #C84637 #70C837

split-complementary

#37B9C8 #C83770 #C88F37

monochromatic

#1D6068 #2A8D98 #37B9C8 #67CAD5 #97DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#37B9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#37B9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B9C8

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B9C8	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced8',
    500: '#37b9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b9c8;
$custom-light: #83ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72345,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B9C8

secondary

#CE948D

accent

#5748E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B9C8

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

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