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Recognised as Colour

#37BFD8

  • #37BFD8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#37BFD8 is a cyan with RGB values 55, 191, 216 and HSL 189°, 67%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#37BFD8#37BFD8
HEX#37BFD8
RGBrgb(55, 191, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.749, 0.8471
RGB percentages21.6%, 74.9%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(189.3, 67.4%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.3, 74.5%, 84.7%)
CMYK74.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,653,592
CSS custom property--colour: #37BFD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.61:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#C84027

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB8D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#96A8D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.3Light skyblue · ΔE 19.4Light seagreen · ΔE 20.2Cadetblue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D85037
Analogous#37D8A0, #376FD8
Triadic#D837BF, #BFD837
Split complementary#D8376F, #D8A137
Tetradic#A037D8, #D85037, #6ED837

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2F6F9
Lighter +30%#B7E8F1
Lighter +20%#8CDAE9
Lighter +10%#62CDE0
Darker −10%#24A1B8
Darker −20%#1C7C8D
Darker −30%#135663
Darker −40%#0B3138
More saturated +25%#19D4F6
Less saturated −25%#55AABA

Channel breakdown

R55
G191
B216
Red55 (21.6%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue189.32°
Saturation (HSL)67.36%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 37 · G BF · B D8

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