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Recognised as Colour

#37E2D8

  • #37E2D8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#37E2D8 is a cyan with RGB values 55, 226, 216 and HSL 176°, 75%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#37E2D8#37E2D8
HEX#37E2D8
RGBrgb(55, 226, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.8863, 0.8471
RGB percentages21.6%, 88.6%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(176.5, 74.7%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.5, 75.7%, 88.6%)
CMYK75.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,662,552
CSS custom property--colour: #37E2D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60163WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.03:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#C81D27

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#D5D6D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC4DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00E8DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.37, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#E23741
Analogous#37E283, #3796E2
Triadic#D837E2, #E2D837
Split complementary#E23796, #E28337
Tetradic#8337E2, #E23741, #96E237

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#E9FCFB
Lighter +30%#BDF5F2
Lighter +20%#90EFE9
Lighter +10%#64E8E1
Darker −10%#1DC9BF
Darker −20%#179C95
Darker −30%#10706A
Darker −40%#0A4340
More saturated +25%#1AFFF1
Less saturated −25%#54C5BF

Channel breakdown

R55
G226
B216
Red55 (21.6%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue176.49°
Saturation (HSL)74.67%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 37 · G E2 · B D8

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