#37B9C9#37B9C9

#37B9C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B9C9
RGB	rgb(55, 185, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -29.17, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 34.37, 211.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0985 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.111 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4625, 39.7237, 61.3617)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B9C9 #C94737

analogous

#37C990 #37B9C9 #3770C9

triadic

#37B9C9 #C937B9 #B9C937

tetradic

#37B9C9 #9037C9 #C94737 #70C937

square

#37B9C9 #9037C9 #C94737 #70C937

split-complementary

#37B9C9 #C93770 #C99037

monochromatic

#1C6169 #298D99 #37B9C9 #67CAD6 #97DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#37B9C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#37B9C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B9C9

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B9C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B9C9	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b9c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 185, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced9',
    500: '#37b9c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b9c9;
$custom-light: #83ced9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b9c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.575,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72383,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B9C9

secondary

#CF948D

accent

#5847E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B9C9

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

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