Recognised as Colour

#17A276

#17A276
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#17A276 is a cyan with RGB values 23, 162, 118 and HSL 161°, 75%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#17A276#17A276

HEX#17A276

RGBrgb(23, 162, 118)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.6353, 0.4627

RGB percentages9%, 63.5%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(161, 75.1%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(161, 85.8%, 63.5%)

CMYK85.8%, 0%, 27.2%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,548,918

CSS custom property--colour: #17A276;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.47:1

Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#818181

Inverted#E85D89

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F9674no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8A79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00A296no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 11.7 Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 22.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 11.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A21743

Analogous#17A230, #1789A2

Triadic#7617A2, #A27617

Split complementary#A21788, #A23017

Tetradic#3117A2, #A21743, #89A217

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#95F0D3

Lighter +30%#68EAC1

Lighter +20%#3CE3AE

Lighter +10%#1DCF97

Darker −10%#117555

Darker −20%#0A4935

Darker −30%#041C14

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B97E

Less saturated −25%#2E8B6E

Channel breakdown

R23

G162

B118

Red23 (9%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue161.01°

Saturation (HSL)75.14%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 17 · G A2 · B 76

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