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Recognised as Colour

#17DCBE

  • #17DCBE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#17DCBE is a cyan with RGB values 23, 220, 190 and HSL 171°, 81%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#17DCBE#17DCBE
HEX#17DCBE
RGBrgb(23, 220, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.8627, 0.7451
RGB percentages9%, 86.3%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(170.9, 81.1%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.9, 89.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK89.5%, 0%, 13.6%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,563,838
CSS custom property--colour: #17DCBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.02:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#E82341

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3CEBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCBDC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00DFD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.1Aquamarine · ΔE 15.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.4Aqua · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC1735
Analogous#17DC5B, #1798DC
Triadic#BE17DC, #DCBE17
Split complementary#DC1798, #DC5B17
Tetradic#5B17DC, #DC1735, #98DC17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6F9F1
Lighter +30%#98F4E6
Lighter +20%#6AEFDB
Lighter +10%#3BEBD0
Darker −10%#12AE96
Darker −20%#0D806E
Darker −30%#095146
Darker −40%#04231E
More saturated +25%#00F3CE
Less saturated −25%#35BEA9

Channel breakdown

R23
G220
B190
Red23 (9%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue170.86°
Saturation (HSL)81.07%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 17 · G DC · B BE

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