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Recognised as Colour

#37CADA

  • #37CADA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#37CADA is a cyan with RGB values 55, 202, 218 and HSL 186°, 69%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#37CADA#37CADA
HEX#37CADA
RGBrgb(55, 202, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.7922, 0.8549
RGB percentages21.6%, 79.2%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(185.9, 68.8%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.9, 74.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK74.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,656,410
CSS custom property--colour: #37CADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48115WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.62:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#C83525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9C2DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B1DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D3CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.9Light seagreen · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 18.1Turquoise · ΔE 20.1Cadetblue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA4737
Analogous#37DA98, #3779DA
Triadic#DA37CA, #CADA37
Split complementary#DA3778, #DA9837
Tetradic#9937DA, #DA4737, #79DA37

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3F8FA
Lighter +30%#B8ECF2
Lighter +20%#8DE1EA
Lighter +10%#62D5E2
Darker −10%#23ACBB
Darker −20%#1B8590
Darker −30%#135D65
Darker −40%#0B363A
More saturated +25%#19E2F8
Less saturated −25%#55B2BC

Channel breakdown

R55
G202
B218
Red55 (21.6%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue185.89°
Saturation (HSL)68.78%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 37 · G CA · B DA

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