Recognised as Colour

#17C373

#17C373
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium seagreen

#17C373 is a cyan with RGB values 23, 195, 115 and HSL 152°, 79%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#17C373#17C373

HEX#17C373

RGBrgb(23, 195, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.7647, 0.451

RGB percentages9%, 76.5%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(152.1, 78.9%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(152.1, 88.2%, 76.5%)

CMYK88.2%, 0%, 41%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,557,363

CSS custom property--colour: #17C373;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4045WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.09:1

Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#E83C8C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2B26Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0A578no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00C1AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.1 Medium spring green · ΔE 21.7 Light green · ΔE 22.1 Pale green · ΔE 25.1 Forest green · ΔE 26.4 Sea green · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 12.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C31767

Analogous#17C31D, #17BDC3

Triadic#7317C3, #C37317

Split complementary#C317BD, #C31D17

Tetradic#1D17C3, #C31767, #BDC317

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B0F6D5

Lighter +30%#83F0BD

Lighter +20%#55EBA5

Lighter +10%#27E68D

Darker −10%#129558

Darker −20%#0C683D

Darker −30%#073A22

Darker −40%#010D07

More saturated +25%#00DA75

Less saturated −25%#32A871

Channel breakdown

R23

G195

B115

Red23 (9%)

Green195 (76.5%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue152.09°

Saturation (HSL)78.9%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 17 · G C3 · B 73

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