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#17B3FF

#17b3ff ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#17b3ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 70.2% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.98% cyan, 29.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 199.66°, with 100% saturation and 54.51% 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 8.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.76.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.3964

Complementary

  1. #17b3ff
  2. #ff6317

Split complementary

  1. #17b3ff
  2. #ff173f
  3. #ffd717

Analogous

  1. #17ffd7
  2. #17b3ff
  3. #173fff

Triadic

  1. #17b3ff
  2. #ff17b3
  3. #b3ff17

Tetradic

  1. #17b3ff
  2. #6317ff
  3. #ff6317
  4. #b3ff17

Square

  1. #17b3ff
  2. #d717ff
  3. #ff6317
  4. #3fff17

Monochromatic

  1. #00547d
  2. #0087ca
  3. #17b3ff
  4. #64ccff
  5. #b0e5ff

Shades

#17b3ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17b3ff
  2. #15a1e6
  3. #128fcc
  4. #107db3
  5. #0e6b99
  6. #0c5a80
  7. #094866
  8. #07364d
  9. #052433
  10. #02121a
  11. #000000

Tints

#17b3ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17b3ff
  2. #2ebbff
  3. #45c2ff
  4. #5dcaff
  5. #74d1ff
  6. #8bd9ff
  7. #a2e1ff
  8. #b9e8ff
  9. #d1f0ff
  10. #e8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17b3ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17b3ff
  2. #22aef2
  3. #2ca9e6
  4. #37a4d9
  5. #419fcc
  6. #4c9ac0
  7. #5694b3
  8. #618fa6
  9. #6b8a99
  10. #76858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87add1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eb4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #70a0fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6ce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71b3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5aa8fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bfe3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17b3ff {
  color: #17b3ff;
}
Background
.bg-17b3ff {
  background-color: #17b3ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17b3ff {
  border: 2px solid #17b3ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17b3ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 179 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17b3ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17b3ff, #173fff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17b3ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 179 255 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.76 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.22 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.09 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.70 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.75 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 11.55 #e84c00 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#17b3ff  rgb(23, 179, 255)  hsl(200, 100%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ff6317  rgb(255, 99, 23)  hsl(20, 100%, 55%)  International Orange
#ff17b3  rgb(255, 23, 179)  hsl(320, 100%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#b3ff17  rgb(179, 255, 23)  hsl(80, 100%, 55%)  Spring Bud