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#17BE8A

#17be8a ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#17be8a is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 74.51% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.89% cyan, 0% magenta, 27.37% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 161.32°, with 78.4% saturation and 41.76% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 3.44.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.3884

Complementary

  1. #17be8a
  2. #be174b

Split complementary

  1. #17be8a
  2. #be179e
  3. #be3717

Analogous

  1. #17be37
  2. #17be8a
  3. #179ebe

Triadic

  1. #17be8a
  2. #8a17be
  3. #be8a17

Tetradic

  1. #17be8a
  2. #174bbe
  3. #be174b
  4. #be8a17

Square

  1. #17be8a
  2. #3717be
  3. #be174b
  4. #9ebe17

Monochromatic

  1. #063527
  2. #0f7a58
  3. #17be8a
  4. #3ae7b1
  5. #7fefcc

Shades

#17be8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17be8a
  2. #15ab7c
  3. #12986e
  4. #108561
  5. #0e7253
  6. #0c5f45
  7. #094c37
  8. #073929
  9. #05261c
  10. #02130e
  11. #000000

Tints

#17be8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17be8a
  2. #2ec596
  3. #45cba1
  4. #5dd2ad
  5. #74d8b9
  6. #8bdfc5
  7. #a2e5d0
  8. #b9ecdc
  9. #d1f2e8
  10. #e8f9f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17be8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17be8a
  2. #22b889
  3. #2cb288
  4. #37ab87
  5. #41a586
  6. #4c9f85
  7. #569984
  8. #619383
  9. #6b8c82
  10. #768681
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86b19c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baaf87 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7a28d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00beb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94b588 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85ae8c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bea2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17be8a {
  color: #17be8a;
}
Background
.bg-17be8a {
  background-color: #17be8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17be8a {
  border: 2px solid #17be8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17be8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 190 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 161 78% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17be8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17be8a, #179ebe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17be8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 190 138 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 3.44 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 3.75 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 5.42 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 6.13 #00a86b Jade ΔE 7.06 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 7.34 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.37 #e84175 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Mint
#17be8a  rgb(23, 190, 138)  hsl(161, 78%, 42%)  Mint
#be174b  rgb(190, 23, 75)  hsl(341, 78%, 42%)  Cardinal
#8a17be  rgb(138, 23, 190)  hsl(281, 78%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#be8a17  rgb(190, 138, 23)  hsl(41, 78%, 42%)  Dark Goldenrod