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Organized Kattegat

#37dee7
Notes

Organized Kattegat (#37DEE7) is a true cyan with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (183°, 79%, 56%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary red. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#37dee7
RGB
rgb(55, 222, 231)
HSL
hsl(183, 79%, 56%)
HWB
hwb(183 22% 9%)
OKLCH
oklch(82.4% 0.130 200.5)
P3
color(display-p3 0.4380 0.8583 0.8968)
HSV
hsv(183, 76%, 91%)
LAB
lab(81.19% -37.75 -16.38)
LCH
lch(81.19% 41.15 203.46)
CMYK
cmyk(76%, 4%, 0%, 9%)

Etymology

Organized
adjective

Greek órganon, instrument / tool — past-participle of organize. As a color modifier, organized implies a clear-and-coordinated-and-systematic quality where the hue carries the visual register of well-coordinated-and-classified arrangement. Sits at the crisp-and-orderly end of the grid, parallel to orderly and methodical in usage.

Kattegat
noun

The body of saltwater between the Jutland peninsula and southwestern Sweden — separating the Baltic from the North Sea via the Skagerrak. Kattegat refers to mid-depth Kattegat water near Hesselø: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue with the optical depth of brackish Scandinavian water.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#37dee7
Original
#cdd4e8
Protanopia
#b5c2e8
Deuteranopia
#00e6e0
Tritanopia
#bbbbbb
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.65:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
12.76:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##37DEE7
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.4380 0.8583 0.8968)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.130

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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