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Colour

#17B5B5

  • #17B5B5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#17B5B5 is a cyan with RGB values 23, 181, 181 and HSL 180°, 77%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#17B5B5#17B5B5
HEX#17B5B5
RGBrgb(23, 181, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.7098, 0.7098
RGB percentages9%, 71%, 71%
HSLhsl(180, 77.5%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 87.3%, 71%)
CMYK87.3%, 0%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,553,845
CSS custom property--colour: #17B5B5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.31:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#E84A4A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8ACB5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#949DB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.3Dark cyan · ΔE 15.9Turquoise · ΔE 17.6Cadetblue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.69, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B51717
Analogous#17B566, #1766B5
Triadic#B517B5, #B5B517
Split complementary#B51766, #B56617
Tetradic#6617B5, #B51717, #66B517

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A5F3F3
Lighter +30%#77EEEE
Lighter +20%#4AE8E8
Lighter +10%#1DE2E2
Darker −10%#118888
Darker −20%#0C5B5B
Darker −30%#062D2D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00CCCC
Less saturated −25%#319C9C

Channel breakdown

R23
G181
B181
Red23 (9%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)77.45%
Lightness40%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 17 · G B5 · B B5

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