#37BBC5#37BBC5

#37BBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#37BBC5
RGBrgb(55, 187, 197)
HSLhsl(184, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(184, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(72.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.74, -31.35, -15.28)
CIE-LCHlch(69.74, 34.87, 205.98°)
OKLaboklab(72.72% -0.1022 -0.0424)
OKLCHoklch(72.72% 0.111 202.5)
XYZxyz(29.4195, 40.3806, 59.0562)
Luminance0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#37BBC5 #C54137
analogous
#37C588 #37BBC5 #3774C5
triadic
#37BBC5 #C537BB #BBC537
tetradic
#37BBC5 #8837C5 #C54137 #74C537
square
#37BBC5 #8837C5 #C54137 #74C537
split-complementary
#37BBC5 #C53774 #C58837
monochromatic
#1C6065 #2A8E95 #37BBC5 #65CCD4 #95DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#37BBC5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08
#37BBC5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BBC5
9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##37BBC5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##37BBC51.002.319.089.08
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0821.001.001.00
##0000009.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACB3C6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98A4C6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #37bbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 202.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d6',
    500: '#37bbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #37bbc5;
$custom-light: #83d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#37bbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.225,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72717,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#37BBC5
secondary
#CD908B
accent
#5348E0
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#37BBC5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva