Recognised as Colour

#17FFC6

#17FFC6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#17FFC6 is a cyan with RGB values 23, 255, 198 and HSL 165°, 100%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#17FFC6#17FFC6

HEX#17FFC6

RGBrgb(23, 255, 198)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 1, 0.7765

RGB percentages9%, 100%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(165.3, 100%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(165.3, 91%, 100%)

CMYK91%, 0%, 22.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,572,806

CSS custom property--colour: #17FFC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.16:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#E80039

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8EDC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFDACAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 17.4 Medium spring green · ΔE 20.9 Turquoise · ΔE 26.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 28.4 Light green · ΔE 28.7 Pale green · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 17.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF1750

Analogous#17FF52, #17C4FF

Triadic#C617FF, #FFC617

Split complementary#FF17C4, #FF5217

Tetradic#5217FF, #FF1750, #C4FF17

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3FFF8

Lighter +30%#B0FFEC

Lighter +20%#7DFFDF

Lighter +10%#4AFFD3

Darker −10%#00E3AB

Darker −20%#00B085

Darker −30%#007D5E

Darker −40%#004A38

More saturated +25%#17FFC6

Less saturated −25%#34E2B7

Channel breakdown

R23

G255

B198

Red23 (9%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue165.26°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 17 · G FF · B C6

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#17FFC6

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else