#37BACD#37BACD

#37BACD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BACD
RGB	rgb(55, 186, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -28.43, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 34.60, 214.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0979 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.112 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1491, 40.3342, 63.9421)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BACD #CD4A37

analogous

#37CD95 #37BACD #376FCD

triadic

#37BACD #CD37BA #BACD37

tetradic

#37BACD #9537CD #CD4A37 #6FCD37

square

#37BACD #9537CD #CD4A37 #6FCD37

split-complementary

#37BACD #CD376F #CD9537

monochromatic

#1C646E #28909F #37BACD #68CBD9 #99DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#37BACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#37BACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BACD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BACD	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 186, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfdc',
    500: '#37bacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bacd;
$custom-light: #84cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.6,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72779,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BACD

secondary

#D1978F

accent

#5945E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BACD

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

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