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Colour

#177F9F

  • #177F9F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#177F9F is a cyan with RGB values 23, 127, 159 and HSL 194°, 75%, 36%. 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

#177F9F#177F9F
HEX#177F9F
RGBrgb(23, 127, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.498, 0.6235
RGB percentages9%, 49.8%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(194.1, 74.7%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 85.5%, 62.4%)
CMYK85.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,539,999
CSS custom property--colour: #177F9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#E88060

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D7CA1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C709Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#008889no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 14.5Slate grey · ΔE 20.5Teal · ΔE 20.8Light slate grey · ΔE 20.8Cadetblue · ΔE 21.5Dark cyan · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 14.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F3717
Analogous#179F7B, #173B9F
Triadic#9F177F, #7F9F17
Split complementary#9F173B, #9F7B17
Tetradic#7B179F, #9F3717, #3B9F17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93DAEF
Lighter +30%#66CAE9
Lighter +20%#3ABBE2
Lighter +10%#1DA3CC
Darker −10%#115B72
Darker −20%#0A3846
Darker −30%#041419
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008BB6
Less saturated −25%#2E7388

Channel breakdown

R23
G127
B159
Red23 (9%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue194.12°
Saturation (HSL)74.73%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 17 · G 7F · B 9F

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