Colour

#37DFCD

#37DFCD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#37DFCD is a cyan with RGB values 55, 223, 205 and HSL 174°, 72%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#37DFCD#37DFCD

HEX#37DFCD

RGBrgb(55, 223, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.8745, 0.8039

RGB percentages21.6%, 87.5%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(173.6, 72.4%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.6, 75.3%, 87.5%)

CMYK75.3%, 0%, 8.1%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,661,773

CSS custom property--colour: #37DFCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.6:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#C82032

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4D2CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDC1CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E4D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 1.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.5 Aqua · ΔE 15.3 Cyan · ΔE 15.3

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 1.7, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DF3749

Analogous#37DF79, #379DDF

Triadic#CD37DF, #DFCD37

Split complementary#DF379D, #DF7937

Tetradic#7937DF, #DF3749, #9DDF37

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7FBF9

Lighter +30%#BBF4EE

Lighter +20%#8FEDE3

Lighter +10%#63E6D8

Darker −10%#1FC4B2

Darker −20%#18988A

Darker −30%#116C62

Darker −40%#0A403A

More saturated +25%#1AFCE4

Less saturated −25%#54C2B6

Channel breakdown

R55

G223

B205

Red55 (21.6%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue173.57°

Saturation (HSL)72.41%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 37 · G DF · B CD

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