Colour

#177B50

#177B50
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#177B50 is a cyan with RGB values 23, 123, 80 and HSL 154°, 68%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#177B50#177B50

HEX#177B50

RGBrgb(23, 123, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.4824, 0.3137

RGB percentages9%, 48.2%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(154.2, 68.5%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(154.2, 81.3%, 48.2%)

CMYK81.3%, 0%, 35%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,538,896

CSS custom property--colour: #177B50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#E884AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A714Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6853no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Tritanopia#007A70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 7.5 Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.7 Teal · ΔE 26.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 26.9 Dark green · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7B1742

Analogous#177B1E, #17747B

Triadic#50177B, #7B5017

Split complementary#7B1774, #7B1E17

Tetradic#1E177B, #7B1742, #747B17

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#78E6B7

Lighter +30%#4DDEA0

Lighter +20%#27D188

Lighter +10%#1FA66C

Darker −10%#0F5034

Darker −20%#072518

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#058D53

Less saturated −25%#29694D

Channel breakdown

R23

G123

B80

Red23 (9%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue154.2°

Saturation (HSL)68.49%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 17 · G 7B · B 50

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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