#37C9D5#37C9D5

#37C9D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.119 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37C9D5
RGB	rgb(55, 201, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -33.25, -16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 37.31, 206.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.1091 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.119 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4671, 47.3854, 70.2676)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37C9D5 #D54337

analogous

#37D592 #37C9D5 #377AD5

triadic

#37C9D5 #D537C9 #C9D537

tetradic

#37C9D5 #9237D5 #D54337 #7AD537

square

#37C9D5 #9237D5 #D54337 #7AD537

split-complementary

#37C9D5 #D5377A #D59237

monochromatic

#197178 #24A1AB #37C9D5 #6AD7E0 #9CE4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#37C9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#37C9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #37C9D5

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37C9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37C9D5	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37c9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 201, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.119 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dae1',
    500: '#37c9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37c9d5;
$custom-light: #86dae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37c9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.557,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7669,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37C9D5

secondary

#D69792

accent

#4C40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #37C9D5

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

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