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Recognised as Colour

#177DAE

  • #177DAE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#177DAE is a cyan with RGB values 23, 125, 174 and HSL 199°, 77%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#177DAE#177DAE
HEX#177DAE
RGBrgb(23, 125, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.4902, 0.6824
RGB percentages9%, 49%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(199.5, 76.6%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 86.8%, 68.2%)
CMYK86.8%, 28.2%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,539,502
CSS custom property--colour: #177DAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.58:1
Contrast with white4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#E88251

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#657DB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#516FADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#008A8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 6.6Slate grey · ΔE 24.5Light slate grey · ΔE 24.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.6Cadetblue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 6.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE4817
Analogous#17AE94, #1731AE
Triadic#AE177D, #7DAE17
Split complementary#AE1731, #AE9417
Tetradic#9417AE, #AE4817, #31AE17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9FD7F2
Lighter +30%#72C5EC
Lighter +20%#45B2E6
Lighter +10%#1D9DDB
Darker −10%#115D81
Darker −20%#0B3C54
Darker −30%#051C27
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0085C5
Less saturated −25%#307495

Channel breakdown

R23
G125
B174
Red23 (9%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue199.47°
Saturation (HSL)76.65%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 17 · G 7D · B AE

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