Recognised as Colour
#117B70
- #117B70
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#117B70 is a cyan with RGB values 17, 123, 112 and HSL 174°, 76%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#117B70#117B70
HEX#117B70
RGBrgb(17, 123, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.4824, 0.4392
RGB percentages6.7%, 48.2%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(173.8, 75.7%, 27.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.8, 86.2%, 48.2%)
CMYK86.2%, 0%, 8.9%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,145,712
CSS custom property--colour: #117B70;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.15455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.13:1
Contrast with white5.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#EE848F
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#7B111C
Analogous#117B3B, #11517B
Triadic#70117B, #7B7011
Split complementary#7B1151, #7B3B11
Tetradic#3B117B, #7B111C, #517B11
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R17
G123
B112
Red17 (6.7%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue173.77°
Saturation (HSL)75.71%
Lightness27.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 11 · G 7B · B 70
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