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#37DCD9

#37dcd9 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#37dcd9 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.57% red, 86.27% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.36% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 178.91°, with 70.21% saturation and 53.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 2.81.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5701

Complementary

  1. #37dcd9
  2. #dc373a

Split complementary

  1. #37dcd9
  2. #dc378c
  3. #dc8637

Analogous

  1. #37dc86
  2. #37dcd9
  3. #378cdc

Triadic

  1. #37dcd9
  2. #d937dc
  3. #dcd937

Tetradic

  1. #37dcd9
  2. #373adc
  3. #dc373a
  4. #dcd937

Square

  1. #37dcd9
  2. #8637dc
  3. #dc373a
  4. #8cdc37

Monochromatic

  1. #126866
  2. #1ea9a6
  3. #37dcd9
  4. #78e7e5
  5. #b9f3f2

Shades

#37dcd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #37dcd9
  2. #32c6c3
  3. #2cb0ae
  4. #279a98
  5. #218482
  6. #1c6e6d
  7. #165857
  8. #114241
  9. #0b2c2b
  10. #061616
  11. #000000

Tints

#37dcd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #37dcd9
  2. #4be0dd
  3. #5fe3e1
  4. #73e7e4
  5. #87eae8
  6. #9beeec
  7. #aff1f0
  8. #c3f5f4
  9. #d7f8f7
  10. #ebfcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#37dcd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #37dcd9
  2. #3ed3d0
  3. #46cac7
  4. #4dc0be
  5. #54b7b5
  6. #5caead
  7. #63a5a4
  8. #6a9c9b
  9. #719292
  10. #798989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1d0ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ced1d9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7c0da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e3db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7d5d9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95ccda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e0da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-37dcd9 {
  color: #37dcd9;
}
Background
.bg-37dcd9 {
  background-color: #37dcd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-37dcd9 {
  border: 2px solid #37dcd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #37dcd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 55 220 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 70% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-37dcd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #37dcd9, #378cdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-37dcd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(55 220 217 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 2.81 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.66 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 3.98 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.13 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.38 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.66 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.66 #c82326 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#37dcd9  rgb(55, 220, 217)  hsl(179, 70%, 54%)  Medium Turquoise
#dc373a  rgb(220, 55, 58)  hsl(359, 70%, 54%)  Persian Red
#d937dc  rgb(217, 55, 220)  hsl(299, 70%, 54%)  Medium Orchid
#dcd937  rgb(220, 217, 55)  hsl(59, 70%, 54%)  Dandelion