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#17AADE

#17aade ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#17aade is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 66.67% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.64% cyan, 23.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 195.68°, with 81.22% saturation and 48.04% 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 7.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.94.

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Relative luminance0.3421

Complementary

  1. #17aade
  2. #de4b17

Split complementary

  1. #17aade
  2. #de1746
  3. #deaf17

Analogous

  1. #17deaf
  2. #17aade
  3. #1746de

Triadic

  1. #17aade
  2. #de17aa
  3. #aade17

Tetradic

  1. #17aade
  2. #4b17de
  3. #de4b17
  4. #aade17

Square

  1. #17aade
  2. #af17de
  3. #de4b17
  4. #46de17

Monochromatic

  1. #094053
  2. #107599
  3. #17aade
  4. #54c5ed
  5. #9addf4

Shades

#17aade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17aade
  2. #1599c8
  3. #1288b2
  4. #10779b
  5. #0e6685
  6. #0c556f
  7. #094459
  8. #073343
  9. #05222c
  10. #021116
  11. #000000

Tints

#17aade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17aade
  2. #2eb3e1
  3. #45bbe5
  4. #5dc4e8
  5. #74cceb
  6. #8bd5ef
  7. #a2ddf2
  8. #b9e6f5
  9. #d1eef8
  10. #e8f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17aade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17aade
  2. #22a6d5
  3. #2ca2cb
  4. #379dc2
  5. #4199b8
  6. #4c95af
  7. #5691a6
  8. #618d9c
  9. #6b8893
  10. #768489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea3bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa8e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7697dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a9df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e9fde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17aade {
  color: #17aade;
}
Background
.bg-17aade {
  background-color: #17aade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17aade {
  border: 2px solid #17aade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17aade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 170 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 81% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17aade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17aade, #1746de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17aade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 170 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.94 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.18 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.06 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.58 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.86 #e85521 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#17aade  rgb(23, 170, 222)  hsl(196, 81%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#de4b17  rgb(222, 75, 23)  hsl(16, 81%, 48%)  Flame
#de17aa  rgb(222, 23, 170)  hsl(316, 81%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#aade17  rgb(170, 222, 23)  hsl(76, 81%, 48%)  Yellow Green