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Recognised as Colour

#37ACE7

  • #37ACE7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#37ACE7 is a blue with RGB values 55, 172, 231 and HSL 200°, 79%, 56%. 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

#37ACE7#37ACE7
HEX#37ACE7
RGBrgb(55, 172, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.6745, 0.9059
RGB percentages21.6%, 67.5%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(200.1, 78.6%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.1, 76.2%, 90.6%)
CMYK76.2%, 25.5%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,648,743
CSS custom property--colour: #37ACE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.22:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#C85318

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FABEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#789BE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBC0no 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 text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.6Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8Steel blue · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 21.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.9Light steelblue · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E77237
Analogous#37E7CA, #3754E7
Triadic#E737AC, #ACE737
Split complementary#E73754, #E7CA37
Tetradic#CA37E7, #E77237, #54E737

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDF8FD
Lighter +30%#C0E5F7
Lighter +20%#92D2F2
Lighter +10%#65BFEC
Darker −10%#1994D2
Darker −20%#1474A4
Darker −30%#0E5477
Darker −40%#093449
More saturated +25%#1FB4FF
Less saturated −25%#53A3CB

Channel breakdown

R55
G172
B231
Red55 (21.6%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue200.11°
Saturation (HSL)78.57%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 37 · G AC · B E7

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