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#17C5EE

#17c5ee ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#17c5ee is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 77.25% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.34% cyan, 17.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 191.44°, 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 10.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.39.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.4629

Complementary

  1. #17c5ee
  2. #ee4017

Split complementary

  1. #17c5ee
  2. #ee175a
  3. #eeac17

Analogous

  1. #17eeac
  2. #17c5ee
  3. #175aee

Triadic

  1. #17c5ee
  2. #ee17c5
  3. #c5ee17

Tetradic

  1. #17c5ee
  2. #4017ee
  3. #ee4017
  4. #c5ee17

Square

  1. #17c5ee
  2. #ac17ee
  3. #ee4017
  4. #5aee17

Monochromatic

  1. #075365
  2. #0d8eac
  3. #17c5ee
  4. #5ed7f3
  5. #a6e9f8

Shades

#17c5ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17c5ee
  2. #15b1d6
  3. #129ebe
  4. #108aa7
  5. #0e768f
  6. #0c6377
  7. #094f5f
  8. #073b47
  9. #052730
  10. #021418
  11. #000000

Tints

#17c5ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17c5ee
  2. #2ecbf0
  3. #45d1f1
  4. #5dd6f3
  5. #74dcf5
  6. #8be2f7
  7. #a2e8f8
  8. #b9eefa
  9. #d1f3fc
  10. #e8f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17c5ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17c5ee
  2. #22bee3
  3. #2cb7d8
  4. #37b0cd
  5. #41a9c2
  6. #4ca3b7
  7. #569cac
  8. #6195a1
  9. #6b8e96
  10. #76878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91bcce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acc0f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92adee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d2d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #89c2ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75b7ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cdde ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17c5ee {
  color: #17c5ee;
}
Background
.bg-17c5ee {
  background-color: #17c5ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17c5ee {
  border: 2px solid #17c5ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17c5ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 197 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17c5ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17c5ee, #175aee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17c5ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 197 238 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.39 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.37 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.81 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.00 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.28 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.93 #e83a11 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#17c5ee  rgb(23, 197, 238)  hsl(191, 86%, 51%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ee4017  rgb(238, 64, 23)  hsl(11, 86%, 51%)  Ferrari Red
#ee17c5  rgb(238, 23, 197)  hsl(311, 86%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#c5ee17  rgb(197, 238, 23)  hsl(71, 86%, 51%)  Electric Lime