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Recognised as Colour

#177C6E

  • #177C6E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#177C6E is a cyan with RGB values 23, 124, 110 and HSL 172°, 69%, 29%. 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

#177C6E#177C6E
HEX#177C6E
RGBrgb(23, 124, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.4863, 0.4314
RGB percentages9%, 48.6%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(171.7, 68.7%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 81.5%, 48.6%)
CMYK81.5%, 0%, 11.3%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,539,182
CSS custom property--colour: #177C6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.07:1
Contrast with white5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#E88391

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#76746Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#696A6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#007E78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 8.6Dark cyan · ΔE 10.4Cadetblue · ΔE 19.7Light seagreen · ΔE 21.2Sea green · ΔE 22.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7C1725
Analogous#177C3C, #17577C
Triadic#6E177C, #7C6E17
Split complementary#7C1757, #7C3C17
Tetradic#3C177C, #7C1725, #577C17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#79E6D7
Lighter +30%#4EDECA
Lighter +20%#27D2BA
Lighter +10%#1FA794
Darker −10%#0F5148
Darker −20%#072622
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#058E7B
Less saturated −25%#296A61

Channel breakdown

R23
G124
B110
Red23 (9%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue171.68°
Saturation (HSL)68.71%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 17 · G 7C · B 6E

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