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Recognised as Colour

#17636A

  • #17636A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#17636A is a cyan with RGB values 23, 99, 106 and HSL 185°, 64%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#17636A#17636A
HEX#17636A
RGBrgb(23, 99, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.3882, 0.4157
RGB percentages9%, 38.8%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(185.1, 64.3%, 25.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.1, 78.3%, 41.6%)
CMYK78.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,532,778
CSS custom property--colour: #17636A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.93:1
Contrast with white6.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#E89C95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A5F6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F566Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#006765no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.4Teal · ΔE 13.9Dark cyan · ΔE 18Slate grey · ΔE 22.8Dim grey · ΔE 23.1Cadetblue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A1E17
Analogous#176A48, #17396A
Triadic#6A1763, #636A17
Split complementary#6A1739, #6A4817
Tetradic#48176A, #6A1E17, #396A17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6ED6DF
Lighter +30%#44CAD6
Lighter +20%#29B1BE
Lighter +10%#208A94
Darker −10%#0E3C40
Darker −20%#051516
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#07707A
Less saturated −25%#27565A

Channel breakdown

R23
G99
B106
Red23 (9%)
Green99 (38.8%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue185.06°
Saturation (HSL)64.34%
Lightness25.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 17 · G 63 · B 6A

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