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Colour

#37ACE4

  • #37ACE4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#37ACE4 is a cyan with RGB values 55, 172, 228 and HSL 199°, 76%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#37ACE4#37ACE4
HEX#37ACE4
RGBrgb(55, 172, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.6745, 0.8941
RGB percentages21.6%, 67.5%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(199.4, 76.2%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 75.9%, 89.4%)
CMYK75.9%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,648,740
CSS custom property--colour: #37ACE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.18:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#C8531B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91ABE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#799AE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.9Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Steel blue · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 20.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.4Light steelblue · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.91, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E46F37
Analogous#37E4C6, #3755E4
Triadic#E437AC, #ACE437
Split complementary#E43755, #E4C637
Tetradic#C637E4, #E46F37, #55E437

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBF7FC
Lighter +30%#BEE4F6
Lighter +20%#91D1F0
Lighter +10%#64BFEA
Darker −10%#1C93CC
Darker −20%#16739F
Darker −30%#0F5273
Darker −40%#093246
More saturated +25%#1CB6FF
Less saturated −25%#53A2C8

Channel breakdown

R55
G172
B228
Red55 (21.6%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue199.42°
Saturation (HSL)76.21%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 37 · G AC · B E4

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