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Recognised as Colour

#17606C

  • #17606C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#17606C is a cyan with RGB values 23, 96, 108 and HSL 188°, 65%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#17606C#17606C
HEX#17606C
RGBrgb(23, 96, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.3765, 0.4235
RGB percentages9%, 37.6%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(188.5, 64.9%, 25.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.5, 78.7%, 42.4%)
CMYK78.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,532,012
CSS custom property--colour: #17606C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#E89F93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#565C6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4B546Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#006564no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.4Teal · ΔE 16.7Dark cyan · ΔE 20.6Slate grey · ΔE 21.9Dim grey · ΔE 22.8Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C2317
Analogous#176C4E, #17356C
Triadic#6C1760, #606C17
Split complementary#6C1735, #6C4E17
Tetradic#4E176C, #6C2317, #356C17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6FD0E0
Lighter +30%#45C3D7
Lighter +20%#29ABC0
Lighter +10%#208596
Darker −10%#0E3B42
Darker −20%#051518
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#076C7C
Less saturated −25%#27545C

Channel breakdown

R23
G96
B108
Red23 (9%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue188.47°
Saturation (HSL)64.89%
Lightness25.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 17 · G 60 · B 6C

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