Recognised as Colour

#17FADD

#17FADD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#17FADD is a cyan with RGB values 23, 250, 221 and HSL 172°, 96%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#17FADD#17FADD

HEX#17FADD

RGBrgb(23, 250, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.9804, 0.8667

RGB percentages9%, 98%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(172.3, 95.8%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.3, 90.8%, 98%)

CMYK90.8%, 0%, 11.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,571,549

CSS custom property--colour: #17FADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73774WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.75:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#E80522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFEADCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4D7DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 13.7 Turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Aqua · ΔE 15.9 Cyan · ΔE 15.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 13.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FA1734

Analogous#17FA6C, #17A5FA

Triadic#DD17FA, #FADD17

Split complementary#FA17A5, #FA6C17

Tetradic#6C17FA, #FA1734, #A5FA17

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFFEFA

Lighter +30%#ADFDF3

Lighter +20%#7BFCEC

Lighter +10%#49FBE4

Darker −10%#05D9BE

Darker −20%#04A792

Darker −30%#037567

Darker −40%#01443B

More saturated +25%#12FFE1

Less saturated −25%#35DCC7

Channel breakdown

R23

G250

B221

Red23 (9%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue172.33°

Saturation (HSL)95.78%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 17 · G FA · B DD

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