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#17B4FA

#17b4fa ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#17b4fa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 70.59% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.8% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 198.5°, with 95.78% saturation and 53.53% 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 8.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.66.

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Relative luminance0.3973

Complementary

  1. #17b4fa
  2. #fa5d17

Split complementary

  1. #17b4fa
  2. #fa1743
  3. #face17

Analogous

  1. #17face
  2. #17b4fa
  3. #1743fa

Triadic

  1. #17b4fa
  2. #fa17b4
  3. #b4fa17

Tetradic

  1. #17b4fa
  2. #5d17fa
  3. #fa5d17
  4. #b4fa17

Square

  1. #17b4fa
  2. #ce17fa
  3. #fa5d17
  4. #43fa17

Monochromatic

  1. #035275
  2. #0486c0
  3. #17b4fa
  4. #62ccfc
  5. #ade4fd

Shades

#17b4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17b4fa
  2. #15a2e1
  3. #1290c8
  4. #107eaf
  5. #0e6c96
  6. #0c5a7d
  7. #094864
  8. #07364b
  9. #052432
  10. #021219
  11. #000000

Tints

#17b4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17b4fa
  2. #2ebcfb
  3. #45c3fb
  4. #5dcbfc
  5. #74d2fc
  6. #8bdafd
  7. #a2e1fd
  8. #b9e9fe
  9. #d1f0fe
  10. #e8f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17b4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17b4fa
  2. #22afee
  3. #2caae2
  4. #37a4d5
  5. #419fc9
  6. #4c9abd
  7. #5695b1
  8. #6190a5
  9. #6b8a98
  10. #76858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87aecf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92b4fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #75a1f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74b4fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5da9f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bfe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17b4fa {
  color: #17b4fa;
}
Background
.bg-17b4fa {
  background-color: #17b4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17b4fa {
  border: 2px solid #17b4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17b4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 180 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 96% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17b4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17b4fa, #1743fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17b4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 180 250 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.66 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.31 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.27 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.42 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.15 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.95 #e84b05 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#17b4fa  rgb(23, 180, 250)  hsl(199, 96%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa5d17  rgb(250, 93, 23)  hsl(19, 96%, 54%)  International Orange
#fa17b4  rgb(250, 23, 180)  hsl(319, 96%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#b4fa17  rgb(180, 250, 23)  hsl(79, 96%, 54%)  Spring Bud