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#17C4EE

#17c4ee ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#17c4ee is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 76.86% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.34% cyan, 17.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 191.72°, with 86.35% saturation and 51.18% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.02.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.4584

Complementary

  1. #17c4ee
  2. #ee4117

Split complementary

  1. #17c4ee
  2. #ee1759
  3. #eead17

Analogous

  1. #17eead
  2. #17c4ee
  3. #1759ee

Triadic

  1. #17c4ee
  2. #ee17c4
  3. #c4ee17

Tetradic

  1. #17c4ee
  2. #4117ee
  3. #ee4117
  4. #c4ee17

Square

  1. #17c4ee
  2. #ad17ee
  3. #ee4117
  4. #59ee17

Monochromatic

  1. #075265
  2. #0d8dac
  3. #17c4ee
  4. #5ed6f3
  5. #a6e8f8

Shades

#17c4ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17c4ee
  2. #15b0d6
  3. #129dbe
  4. #1089a7
  5. #0e768f
  6. #0c6277
  7. #094e5f
  8. #073b47
  9. #052730
  10. #021418
  11. #000000

Tints

#17c4ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17c4ee
  2. #2ecaf0
  3. #45d0f1
  4. #5dd6f3
  5. #74dcf5
  6. #8be2f7
  7. #a2e7f8
  8. #b9edfa
  9. #d1f3fc
  10. #e8f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17c4ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17c4ee
  2. #22bde3
  3. #2cb6d8
  4. #37b0cd
  5. #41a9c2
  6. #4ca2b7
  7. #569bac
  8. #6194a1
  9. #6b8e96
  10. #76878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90bbce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abbff0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91acee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d1d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88c1ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #74b6ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ccde ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17c4ee {
  color: #17c4ee;
}
Background
.bg-17c4ee {
  background-color: #17c4ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17c4ee {
  border: 2px solid #17c4ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17c4ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 196 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17c4ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17c4ee, #1759ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17c4ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 196 238 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.02 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.43 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.82 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.56 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.09 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 12.12 #e83b11 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#17c4ee  rgb(23, 196, 238)  hsl(192, 86%, 51%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ee4117  rgb(238, 65, 23)  hsl(12, 86%, 51%)  Ferrari Red
#ee17c4  rgb(238, 23, 196)  hsl(312, 86%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#c4ee17  rgb(196, 238, 23)  hsl(72, 86%, 51%)  Electric Lime