#37B9CD#37B9CD

#37B9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37B9CD
RGB	rgb(55, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -27.94, -20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 34.46, 215.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0969 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.112 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9392, 39.9144, 63.8721)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37B9CD #CD4B37

analogous

#37CD96 #37B9CD #376ECD

triadic

#37B9CD #CD37B9 #B9CD37

tetradic

#37B9CD #9637CD #CD4B37 #6ECD37

square

#37B9CD #9637CD #CD4B37 #6ECD37

split-complementary

#37B9CD #CD376E #CD9637

monochromatic

#1C636E #288F9F #37B9CD #68CAD9 #99DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#37B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#37B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37B9CD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37B9CD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cedc',
    500: '#37b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37b9cd;
$custom-light: #84cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72538,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37B9CD

secondary

#D1988F

accent

#5A45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #37B9CD

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

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