Colour

#37B7BC

#37B7BC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#37B7BC is a cyan with RGB values 55, 183, 188 and HSL 182°, 55%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#37B7BC#37B7BC

HEX#37B7BC

RGBrgb(55, 183, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.7176, 0.7373

RGB percentages21.6%, 71.8%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(182.3, 54.7%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.3, 70.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK70.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,651,516

CSS custom property--colour: #37B7BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.66:1

Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#C84843

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AAAFBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#96A0BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00BEB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.5 Turquoise · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.62, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BC3C37

Analogous#37BC7F, #3774BC

Triadic#BC37B7, #B7BC37

Split complementary#BC3774, #BC7F37

Tetradic#7F37BC, #BC3C37, #74BC37

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#CEEFF1

Lighter +30%#A7E3E5

Lighter +20%#7FD6DA

Lighter +10%#58CACE

Darker −10%#2B9195

Darker −20%#206A6D

Darker −30%#144446

Darker −40%#091D1E

More saturated +25%#19D3DA

Less saturated −25%#559B9E

Channel breakdown

R55

G183

B188

Red55 (21.6%)

Green183 (71.8%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue182.26°

Saturation (HSL)54.73%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 37 · G B7 · B BC

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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