Recognised as Colour

#37EFEC

#37EFEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#37EFEC is a cyan with RGB values 55, 239, 236 and HSL 179°, 85%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#37EFEC#37EFEC

HEX#37EFEC

RGBrgb(55, 239, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.9373, 0.9255

RGB percentages21.6%, 93.7%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(179, 85.2%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179, 77%, 93.7%)

CMYK77%, 0%, 1.3%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,665,900

CSS custom property--colour: #37EFEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68601WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.72:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#C81013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0E3ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6D0EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00F6EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 6.9 Cyan · ΔE 6.9 Turquoise · ΔE 8.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 6.91, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EF373A

Analogous#37EF90, #3796EF

Triadic#EC37EF, #EFEC37

Split complementary#EF3796, #EF9037

Tetradic#9037EF, #EF373A, #96EF37

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4FEFE

Lighter +30%#C5FAF9

Lighter +20%#95F7F5

Lighter +10%#66F3F0

Darker −10%#12E1DE

Darker −20%#0EB2AF

Darker −30%#0A8381

Darker −40%#075352

More saturated +25%#27FFFB

Less saturated −25%#52D4D2

Channel breakdown

R55

G239

B236

Red55 (21.6%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue179.02°

Saturation (HSL)85.19%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 37 · G EF · B EC

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