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#17A2E1

#17a2e1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#17a2e1 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 63.53% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.78% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 198.71°, with 81.45% saturation and 48.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.91.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3146

Complementary

  1. #17a2e1
  2. #e15617

Split complementary

  1. #17a2e1
  2. #e1173d
  3. #e1bb17

Analogous

  1. #17e1bb
  2. #17a2e1
  3. #173de1

Triadic

  1. #17a2e1
  2. #e117a2
  3. #a2e117

Tetradic

  1. #17a2e1
  2. #5617e1
  3. #e15617
  4. #a2e117

Square

  1. #17a2e1
  2. #bb17e1
  3. #e15617
  4. #3de117

Monochromatic

  1. #093e56
  2. #10709c
  3. #17a2e1
  4. #57bfee
  5. #9cd9f5

Shades

#17a2e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17a2e1
  2. #1592cb
  3. #1282b4
  4. #10719e
  5. #0e6187
  6. #0c5171
  7. #09415a
  8. #073144
  9. #05202d
  10. #021017
  11. #000000

Tints

#17a2e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17a2e1
  2. #2eabe4
  3. #45b5e7
  4. #5dbeea
  5. #74c7ed
  6. #8bd1f0
  7. #a2daf3
  8. #b9e3f6
  9. #d1ecf9
  10. #e8f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17a2e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17a2e1
  2. #229fd7
  3. #2c9bce
  4. #3798c4
  5. #4194ba
  6. #4c91b1
  7. #568ea7
  8. #618a9d
  9. #6b8793
  10. #76838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799cba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a2e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6991e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a2e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5498e0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17a2e1 {
  color: #17a2e1;
}
Background
.bg-17a2e1 {
  background-color: #17a2e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17a2e1 {
  border: 2px solid #17a2e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17a2e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 162 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 81% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17a2e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17a2e1, #173de1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17a2e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 162 225 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.91 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.18 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.31 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.36 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.61 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.90 #e85d1e Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#17a2e1  rgb(23, 162, 225)  hsl(199, 81%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#e15617  rgb(225, 86, 23)  hsl(19, 81%, 49%)  Flame
#e117a2  rgb(225, 23, 162)  hsl(319, 81%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#a2e117  rgb(162, 225, 23)  hsl(79, 81%, 49%)  Inchworm