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#17ACEF

#17acef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#17acef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 67.45% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.38% cyan, 28.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 198.61°, 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 8.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.31.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3592

Complementary

  1. #17acef
  2. #ef5a17

Split complementary

  1. #17acef
  2. #ef1740
  3. #efc617

Analogous

  1. #17efc6
  2. #17acef
  3. #1740ef

Triadic

  1. #17acef
  2. #ef17ac
  3. #acef17

Tetradic

  1. #17acef
  2. #5a17ef
  3. #ef5a17
  4. #acef17

Square

  1. #17acef
  2. #c617ef
  3. #ef5a17
  4. #40ef17

Monochromatic

  1. #074966
  2. #0c7bae
  3. #17acef
  4. #5fc6f4
  5. #a6dff9

Shades

#17acef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17acef
  2. #159bd7
  3. #128abf
  4. #1078a7
  5. #0e678f
  6. #0c5678
  7. #094560
  8. #073448
  9. #052230
  10. #021118
  11. #000000

Tints

#17acef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17acef
  2. #2eb4f1
  3. #45bdf2
  4. #5dc5f4
  5. #74cdf5
  6. #8bd6f7
  7. #a2def9
  8. #b9e6fa
  9. #d1eefc
  10. #e8f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17acef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17acef
  2. #22a8e4
  3. #2ca3d9
  4. #379fce
  5. #419ac3
  6. #4c96b8
  7. #5692ac
  8. #618da1
  9. #6b8996
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a6c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bacf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7099ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6facf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #59a1ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17acef {
  color: #17acef;
}
Background
.bg-17acef {
  background-color: #17acef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17acef {
  border: 2px solid #17acef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17acef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 172 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 87% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17acef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17acef, #1740ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17acef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 172 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.31 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.36 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.86 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.47 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.08 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.60 #e85310 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#17acef  rgb(23, 172, 239)  hsl(199, 87%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ef5a17  rgb(239, 90, 23)  hsl(19, 87%, 51%)  Persimmon
#ef17ac  rgb(239, 23, 172)  hsl(319, 87%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#acef17  rgb(172, 239, 23)  hsl(79, 87%, 51%)  Spring Bud