Recognised as Colour

#37D4CE

#37D4CE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#37D4CE is a cyan with RGB values 55, 212, 206 and HSL 178°, 65%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#37D4CE#37D4CE

HEX#37D4CE

RGBrgb(55, 212, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.8314, 0.8078

RGB percentages21.6%, 83.1%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(177.7, 64.6%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.7, 74.1%, 83.1%)

CMYK74.1%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,658,958

CSS custom property--colour: #37D4CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52355WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.47:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#C82B31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7C9CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1B9CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00DAD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 3.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 5.4 Turquoise · ΔE 7 Light seagreen · ΔE 12.3 Aqua · ΔE 16.6 Cyan · ΔE 16.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 3.07, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D4373D

Analogous#37D47F, #378CD4

Triadic#CE37D4, #D4CE37

Split complementary#D4378C, #D47F37

Tetradic#7F37D4, #D4373D, #8CD437

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFF8F7

Lighter +30%#B5EFED

Lighter +20%#8BE6E3

Lighter +10%#61DDD8

Darker −10%#26B2AC

Darker −20%#1D8884

Darker −30%#145E5B

Darker −40%#0B3432

More saturated +25%#19F2EA

Less saturated −25%#55B6B2

Channel breakdown

R55

G212

B206

Red55 (21.6%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue177.71°

Saturation (HSL)64.61%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 37 · G D4 · B CE

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