#37BEC5#37BEC5

#37BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37BEC5
RGB	rgb(55, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -32.78, -13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 35.62, 203.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.1051 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.112 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0625, 41.6668, 59.2706)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37BEC5 #C53E37

analogous

#37C585 #37BEC5 #3777C5

triadic

#37BEC5 #C537BE #BEC537

tetradic

#37BEC5 #8537C5 #C53E37 #77C537

square

#37BEC5 #8537C5 #C53E37 #77C537

split-complementary

#37BEC5 #C53777 #C58537

monochromatic

#1C6265 #2A9095 #37BEC5 #65CFD4 #95DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#37BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#37BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37BEC5

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37BEC5	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2d6',
    500: '#37bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37bec5;
$custom-light: #83d2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.958,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73446,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37BEC5

secondary

#CD8E8B

accent

#5048E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #37BEC5

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

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