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Recognised as Colour

#17CACF

  • #17CACF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#17CACF is a cyan with RGB values 23, 202, 207 and HSL 182°, 80%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#17CACF#17CACF
HEX#17CACF
RGBrgb(23, 202, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.7922, 0.8118
RGB percentages9%, 79.2%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(181.6, 80%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.6, 88.9%, 81.2%)
CMYK88.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,559,247
CSS custom property--colour: #17CACF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.39:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#E83530

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC0D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4AFD0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D2CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 2.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.4Light seagreen · ΔE 11.5Turquoise · ΔE 13.8Aqua · ΔE 19.7Cyan · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 2.37, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF1C17
Analogous#17CF78, #176ECF
Triadic#CF17CA, #CACF17
Split complementary#CF176E, #CF7817
Tetradic#7817CF, #CF1C17, #6ECF17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBF6F7
Lighter +30%#8DF0F2
Lighter +20%#5FE9ED
Lighter +10%#31E3E8
Darker −10%#129DA1
Darker −20%#0D7073
Darker −30%#084445
Darker −40%#031717
More saturated +25%#00E0E6
Less saturated −25%#34AFB2

Channel breakdown

R23
G202
B207
Red23 (9%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue181.63°
Saturation (HSL)80%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 17 · G CA · B CF

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