#37BCC5#37BCC5

#37BCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BCC5
RGB	rgb(55, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -31.83, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 35.11, 204.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.1032 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.111 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6323, 40.8064, 59.1272)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BCC5 #C54037

analogous

#37C587 #37BCC5 #3775C5

triadic

#37BCC5 #C537BC #BCC537

tetradic

#37BCC5 #8737C5 #C54037 #75C537

square

#37BCC5 #8737C5 #C54037 #75C537

split-complementary

#37BCC5 #C53775 #C58737

monochromatic

#1C6165 #2A8E95 #37BCC5 #65CDD4 #95DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#37BCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#37BCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BCC5

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BCC5	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d6',
    500: '#37bcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bcc5;
$custom-light: #83d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.803,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7296,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BCC5

secondary

#CD8F8B

accent

#5248E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BCC5

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

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