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Recognised as Colour

#37ABE6

  • #37ABE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#37ABE6 is a blue with RGB values 55, 171, 230 and HSL 200°, 78%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#37ABE6#37ABE6
HEX#37ABE6
RGBrgb(55, 171, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.6706, 0.902
RGB percentages21.6%, 67.1%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(200.2, 77.8%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.2, 76.1%, 90.2%)
CMYK76.1%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,648,486
CSS custom property--colour: #37ABE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35651WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.13:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#C85419

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8EAAE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#779AE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00BABFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9Light skyblue · ΔE 17Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Sky blue · ΔE 21.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7Light steelblue · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E67237
Analogous#37E6C9, #3754E6
Triadic#E637AB, #ABE637
Split complementary#E63754, #E6C937
Tetradic#C937E6, #E67237, #54E637

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECF7FD
Lighter +30%#BFE4F7
Lighter +20%#92D1F1
Lighter +10%#64BEEC
Darker −10%#1A93D0
Darker −20%#1473A3
Darker −30%#0F5375
Darker −40%#093348
More saturated +25%#1EB3FF
Less saturated −25%#53A2CA

Channel breakdown

R55
G171
B230
Red55 (21.6%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue200.23°
Saturation (HSL)77.78%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 37 · G AB · B E6

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