Colour

#17FFE5

#17FFE5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#17FFE5 is a cyan with RGB values 23, 255, 229 and HSL 173°, 100%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#17FFE5#17FFE5

HEX#17FFE5

RGBrgb(23, 255, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 1, 0.898

RGB percentages9%, 100%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(173.3, 100%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 91%, 100%)

CMYK91%, 0%, 10.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,572,837

CSS custom property--colour: #17FFE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77359WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.47:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#E8001A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3EFE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8DCE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 14.2 Cyan · ΔE 14.2 Turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 23 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 14.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF1731

Analogous#17FF71, #17A5FF

Triadic#E517FF, #FFE517

Split complementary#FF17A5, #FF7117

Tetradic#7117FF, #FF1731, #A5FF17

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3FFFC

Lighter +30%#B0FFF6

Lighter +20%#7DFFF0

Lighter +10%#4AFFEB

Darker −10%#00E3CA

Darker −20%#00B09C

Darker −30%#007D6F

Darker −40%#004A42

More saturated +25%#17FFE5

Less saturated −25%#34E2CF

Channel breakdown

R23

G255

B229

Red23 (9%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue173.28°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 17 · G FF · B E5

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Colour values

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