Recognised as Colour

#37DDCF

#37DDCF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#37DDCF is a cyan with RGB values 55, 221, 207 and HSL 175°, 71%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#37DDCF#37DDCF

HEX#37DDCF

RGBrgb(55, 221, 207)

RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.8667, 0.8118

RGB percentages21.6%, 86.7%, 81.2%

HSLhsl(174.9, 70.9%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.9, 75.1%, 86.7%)

CMYK75.1%, 0%, 6.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,661,263

CSS custom property--colour: #37DDCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.41:1

Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#C82230

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1D1CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBC0D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 1.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.5 Aqua · ΔE 14.7 Cyan · ΔE 14.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.3

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 1.51, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DD3745

Analogous#37DD7C, #3798DD

Triadic#CF37DD, #DDCF37

Split complementary#DD3798, #DD7C37

Tetradic#7C37DD, #DD3745, #98DD37

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5FBF9

Lighter +30%#BAF3EE

Lighter +20%#8EECE4

Lighter +10%#63E4D9

Darker −10%#21C0B3

Darker −20%#19958A

Darker −30%#126962

Darker −40%#0A3E39

More saturated +25%#1AFAE7

Less saturated −25%#54C0B7

Channel breakdown

R55

G221

B207

Red55 (21.6%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue207 (81.2%)

Hue174.94°

Saturation (HSL)70.94%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 37 · G DD · B CF

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