Colour

#17485D

#17485D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#17485D is a cyan with RGB values 23, 72, 93 and HSL 198°, 60%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#17485D#17485D

HEX#17485D

RGBrgb(23, 72, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.2824, 0.3647

RGB percentages9%, 28.2%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(198, 60.3%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(198, 75.3%, 36.5%)

CMYK75.3%, 22.6%, 0%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,525,853

CSS custom property--colour: #17485D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.9:1

Contrast with white9.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#E8B7A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D475Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#34405Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original

Tritanopia#004E4Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.1 Dim grey · ΔE 25 Slate grey · ΔE 26.1 Steel blue · ΔE 28.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 28.9 Teal · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 14.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D2C17

Analogous#175D4F, #17255D

Triadic#5D1748, #485D17

Split complementary#5D1725, #5D4F17

Tetradic#4F175D, #5D2C17, #255D17

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#67B7D9

Lighter +30%#3EA4CF

Lighter +20%#2B87AF

Lighter +10%#216886

Darker −10%#0D2834

Darker −20%#03090B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#094E6B

Less saturated −25%#26424F

Channel breakdown

R23

G72

B93

Red23 (9%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue198°

Saturation (HSL)60.34%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 17 · G 48 · B 5D

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Colour values

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