Colour

#17E1CC

#17E1CC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#17E1CC is a cyan with RGB values 23, 225, 204 and HSL 174°, 81%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#17E1CC#17E1CC

HEX#17E1CC

RGBrgb(23, 225, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.8824, 0.8

RGB percentages9%, 88.2%, 80%

HSLhsl(173.8, 81.5%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.8, 89.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK89.8%, 0%, 9.3%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,565,132

CSS custom property--colour: #17E1CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58392WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.68:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#E81E33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6D3CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEC2CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00E6DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.3 Aqua · ΔE 15.5 Cyan · ΔE 15.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.19, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E1172C

Analogous#17E167, #1791E1

Triadic#CC17E1, #E1CC17

Split complementary#E11791, #E16717

Tetradic#6717E1, #E1172C, #91E117

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CAFAF5

Lighter +30%#9CF5EC

Lighter +20%#6EF0E3

Lighter +10%#40EBDA

Darker −10%#12B3A2

Darker −20%#0E8478

Darker −30%#09564E

Darker −40%#042824

More saturated +25%#00F8DE

Less saturated −25%#36C2B3

Channel breakdown

R23

G225

B204

Red23 (9%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue173.76°

Saturation (HSL)81.45%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 17 · G E1 · B CC

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