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#17ABEF

#17abef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#17abef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 67.06% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.38% cyan, 28.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 198.89°, with 87.1% saturation and 51.37% 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 8.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.11.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3554

Complementary

  1. #17abef
  2. #ef5b17

Split complementary

  1. #17abef
  2. #ef173f
  3. #efc717

Analogous

  1. #17efc7
  2. #17abef
  3. #173fef

Triadic

  1. #17abef
  2. #ef17ab
  3. #abef17

Tetradic

  1. #17abef
  2. #5b17ef
  3. #ef5b17
  4. #abef17

Square

  1. #17abef
  2. #c717ef
  3. #ef5b17
  4. #3fef17

Monochromatic

  1. #074866
  2. #0c7bae
  3. #17abef
  4. #5fc5f4
  5. #a6dff9

Shades

#17abef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17abef
  2. #159ad7
  3. #1289bf
  4. #1078a7
  5. #0e678f
  6. #0c5678
  7. #094460
  8. #073348
  9. #052230
  10. #021118
  11. #000000

Tints

#17abef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17abef
  2. #2eb3f1
  3. #45bcf2
  4. #5dc4f4
  5. #74cdf5
  6. #8bd5f7
  7. #a2ddf9
  8. #b9e6fa
  9. #d1eefc
  10. #e8f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17abef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17abef
  2. #22a7e4
  3. #2ca2d9
  4. #379ece
  5. #419ac3
  6. #4c96b8
  7. #5691ac
  8. #618da1
  9. #6b8996
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a5c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aabf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e99ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6eabf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #58a0ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17abef {
  color: #17abef;
}
Background
.bg-17abef {
  background-color: #17abef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17abef {
  border: 2px solid #17abef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17abef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 171 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 87% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17abef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17abef, #173fef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17abef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 171 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.25 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.01 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.58 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.22 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.31 #e85410 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#17abef  rgb(23, 171, 239)  hsl(199, 87%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ef5b17  rgb(239, 91, 23)  hsl(19, 87%, 51%)  Persimmon
#ef17ab  rgb(239, 23, 171)  hsl(319, 87%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#abef17  rgb(171, 239, 23)  hsl(79, 87%, 51%)  Spring Bud