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Recognised as Colour

#37A9A3

  • #37A9A3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#37A9A3 is a cyan with RGB values 55, 169, 163 and HSL 177°, 51%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#37A9A3#37A9A3
HEX#37A9A3
RGBrgb(55, 169, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.6627, 0.6392
RGB percentages21.6%, 66.3%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(176.8, 50.9%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.8, 67.5%, 66.3%)
CMYK67.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,647,907
CSS custom property--colour: #37A9A3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.37:1
Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#C8565C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA0A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E94A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.5Dark cyan · ΔE 11.5Cadetblue · ΔE 13.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.6Teal · ΔE 15.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9373D
Analogous#37A96A, #3776A9
Triadic#A337A9, #A9A337
Split complementary#A93776, #A96A37
Tetradic#6A37A9, #A9373D, #76A937

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1EBE9
Lighter +30%#9BDEDB
Lighter +20%#74D2CD
Lighter +10%#4EC5BF
Darker −10%#2A837E
Darker −20%#1E5C59
Darker −30%#113634
Darker −40%#050F0F
More saturated +25%#1BC5BC
Less saturated −25%#538D8A

Channel breakdown

R55
G169
B163
Red55 (21.6%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue176.84°
Saturation (HSL)50.89%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 37 · G A9 · B A3

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