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Flamboyant Sencha

#37e5bb
Notes

Flamboyant Sencha (#37E5BB) is a true teal with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (166°, 77%, 56%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary red. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#37e5bb
RGB
rgb(55, 229, 187)
HSL
hsl(166, 77%, 56%)
HWB
hwb(166 22% 10%)
OKLCH
oklch(82.7% 0.149 171.9)
HSV
hsv(166, 76%, 90%)
LAB
lab(82.07% -52.59 8.25)
LCH
lch(82.07% 53.23 171.09)
CMYK
cmyk(76%, 0%, 18%, 10%)

Etymology

Flamboyant
adjective

French flamboyant, flaming — present-participle of flamboyer, derived from flambe (flame). As a color modifier, flamboyant implies a saturated-and-attention-grabbing-and-elaborate quality, the bright color of Late-Gothic-and-Rococo highly-decorative-architectural ornament. Sits at the bright-and-flamboyant end of the grid, parallel to showy and ostentatious in usage.

Sencha
noun

The Japanese steamed-leaf green tea — the most-consumed Japanese tea, distinct from matcha (powdered) and gyokuro (shaded-grown). The color refers to fresh-brewed sencha in a porcelain cup: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue-green with the optical clarity of steamed-leaf green-tea liquor.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#37e5bb
Original
#ded6b9
Protanopia
#c8c5be
Deuteranopia
#00e7d9
Tritanopia
#bdbdbd
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.60:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
13.09:1

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