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#17A5E5

#17a5e5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#17a5e5 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 64.71% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.96% cyan, 27.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 198.64°, with 81.75% saturation and 49.41% 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 7.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.17.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3275

Complementary

  1. #17a5e5
  2. #e55717

Split complementary

  1. #17a5e5
  2. #e5173e
  3. #e5be17

Analogous

  1. #17e5be
  2. #17a5e5
  3. #173ee5

Triadic

  1. #17a5e5
  2. #e517a5
  3. #a5e517

Tetradic

  1. #17a5e5
  2. #5717e5
  3. #e55717
  4. #a5e517

Square

  1. #17a5e5
  2. #be17e5
  3. #e55717
  4. #3ee517

Monochromatic

  1. #09415a
  2. #10739f
  3. #17a5e5
  4. #5ac0ee
  5. #a0dbf5

Shades

#17a5e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17a5e5
  2. #1595ce
  3. #1284b7
  4. #1074a0
  5. #0e6389
  6. #0c5373
  7. #09425c
  8. #073245
  9. #05212e
  10. #021117
  11. #000000

Tints

#17a5e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17a5e5
  2. #2eaee8
  3. #45b7ea
  4. #5dc0ed
  5. #74c9ef
  6. #8bd2f2
  7. #a2dbf5
  8. #b9e4f7
  9. #d1edfa
  10. #e8f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17a5e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17a5e5
  2. #22a1db
  3. #2c9ed1
  4. #379ac7
  5. #4196bd
  6. #4c93b3
  7. #568fa8
  8. #618b9e
  9. #6b8794
  10. #76848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9fbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a5e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b93e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa5e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569be4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afcd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17a5e5 {
  color: #17a5e5;
}
Background
.bg-17a5e5 {
  background-color: #17a5e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17a5e5 {
  border: 2px solid #17a5e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17a5e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 165 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 82% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17a5e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17a5e5, #173ee5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17a5e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 165 229 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.43 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.56 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.39 #e85a1a Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#17a5e5  rgb(23, 165, 229)  hsl(199, 82%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#e55717  rgb(229, 87, 23)  hsl(19, 82%, 49%)  Flame
#e517a5  rgb(229, 23, 165)  hsl(319, 82%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#a5e517  rgb(165, 229, 23)  hsl(79, 82%, 49%)  Inchworm