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Recognised as Colour

#37AADA

  • #37AADA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#37AADA is a cyan with RGB values 55, 170, 218 and HSL 198°, 69%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#37AADA#37AADA
HEX#37AADA
RGBrgb(55, 170, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.6667, 0.8549
RGB percentages21.6%, 66.7%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(197.7, 68.8%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.7, 74.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK74.8%, 22%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,648,218
CSS custom property--colour: #37AADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.92:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#C85525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92A8DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C98D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B7BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16Steel blue · ΔE 17.7Sky blue · ΔE 18.4Cadetblue · ΔE 26.6Light steelblue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA6737
Analogous#37DAB8, #3759DA
Triadic#DA37AA, #AADA37
Split complementary#DA3758, #DAB837
Tetradic#B937DA, #DA6737, #59DA37

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3F3FA
Lighter +30%#B8E1F2
Lighter +20%#8DCFEA
Lighter +10%#62BCE2
Darker −10%#238EBB
Darker −20%#1B6E90
Darker −30%#134D65
Darker −40%#0B2C3A
More saturated +25%#19B6F8
Less saturated −25%#559EBC

Channel breakdown

R55
G170
B218
Red55 (21.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue197.67°
Saturation (HSL)68.78%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 37 · G AA · B DA

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