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Recognised as Colour

#17BDAB

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

#17BDAB is a cyan with RGB values 23, 189, 171 and HSL 173°, 78%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#17BDAB#17BDAB
HEX#17BDAB
RGBrgb(23, 189, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.7412, 0.6706
RGB percentages9%, 74.1%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(173.5, 78.3%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 87.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK87.8%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,555,883
CSS custom property--colour: #17BDAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.9:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#E84254

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B1AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA3ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C1B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.4Turquoise · ΔE 12.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4Dark cyan · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD1729
Analogous#17BD58, #177CBD
Triadic#AB17BD, #BDAB17
Split complementary#BD177C, #BD5817
Tetradic#5817BD, #BD1729, #7CBD17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABF5ED
Lighter +30%#7EEFE3
Lighter +20%#50EAD9
Lighter +10%#23E4CF
Darker −10%#119082
Darker −20%#0C6259
Darker −30%#063530
Darker −40%#010706
More saturated +25%#00D4BD
Less saturated −25%#32A396

Channel breakdown

R23
G189
B171
Red23 (9%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue173.49°
Saturation (HSL)78.3%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 17 · G BD · B AB

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