Recognised as Colour

#17ECD7

#17ECD7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#17ECD7 is a cyan with RGB values 23, 236, 215 and HSL 174°, 85%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#17ECD7#17ECD7

HEX#17ECD7

RGBrgb(23, 236, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.9255, 0.8431

RGB percentages9%, 92.5%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(174.1, 84.9%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.1, 90.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK90.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,567,959

CSS custom property--colour: #17ECD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.02:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#E81328

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0DED6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7CBD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00F1E5no 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 text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.4 Aqua · ΔE 13.2 Cyan · ΔE 13.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.37, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EC172C

Analogous#17EC6C, #1796EC

Triadic#D717EC, #ECD717

Split complementary#EC1796, #EC6C17

Tetradic#6D17EC, #EC172C, #97EC17

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D4FBF8

Lighter +30%#A4F8EF

Lighter +20%#75F4E7

Lighter +10%#46F0DF

Darker −10%#10C0AF

Darker −20%#0C9184

Darker −30%#086259

Darker −40%#04332E

More saturated +25%#04FFE6

Less saturated −25%#36CDBE

Channel breakdown

R23

G236

B215

Red23 (9%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue174.08°

Saturation (HSL)84.86%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 17 · G EC · B D7

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