Recognised as Colour

#17EBC4

#17EBC4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#17EBC4 is a cyan with RGB values 23, 235, 196 and HSL 169°, 84%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#17EBC4

RGBrgb(23, 235, 196)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.9216, 0.7686

RGB percentages9%, 92.2%, 76.9%

HSLhsl(169, 84.1%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169, 90.2%, 92.2%)

CMYK90.2%, 0%, 16.6%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,567,684

CSS custom property--colour: #17EBC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.72:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#E8143B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2DBC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAC9C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00EEE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 13.3 Turquoise · ΔE 15.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.8 Aqua · ΔE 22.5 Cyan · ΔE 22.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 13.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EB173E

Analogous#17EB5A, #17A8EB

Triadic#C417EB, #EBC417

Split complementary#EB17A8, #EB5A17

Tetradic#5A17EB, #EB173E, #A8EB17

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3FBF4

Lighter +30%#A4F7E8

Lighter +20%#75F3DC

Lighter +10%#46EFD0

Darker −10%#10BF9F

Darker −20%#0C9077

Darker −30%#086150

Darker −40%#043229

More saturated +25%#03FFD1

Less saturated −25%#37CBB0

Channel breakdown

R23

G235

B196

Red23 (9%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue196 (76.9%)

Hue168.96°

Saturation (HSL)84.13%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 17 · G EB · B C4

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