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#17C899

#17c899 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#17c899 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 78.43% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 23.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 164.07°, with 79.37% saturation and 43.73% 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 9.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 1.26.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4379

Complementary

  1. #17c899
  2. #c81746

Split complementary

  1. #17c899
  2. #c8179f
  3. #c84117

Analogous

  1. #17c841
  2. #17c899
  3. #179fc8

Triadic

  1. #17c899
  2. #9917c8
  3. #c89917

Tetradic

  1. #17c899
  2. #1746c8
  3. #c81746
  4. #c89917

Square

  1. #17c899
  2. #4117c8
  3. #c81746
  4. #9fc817

Monochromatic

  1. #073f30
  2. #0f8365
  3. #17c899
  4. #42e9bd
  5. #87f1d5

Shades

#17c899 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17c899
  2. #15b48a
  3. #12a07a
  4. #108c6b
  5. #0e785c
  6. #0c644d
  7. #09503d
  8. #073c2e
  9. #05281f
  10. #02140f
  11. #000000

Tints

#17c899 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17c899
  2. #2ecea3
  3. #45d3ad
  4. #5dd9b8
  5. #74dec2
  6. #8be4cc
  7. #a2e9d6
  8. #b9efe0
  9. #d1f4eb
  10. #e8faf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17c899 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17c899
  2. #22c197
  3. #2cba94
  4. #37b292
  5. #41ab8f
  6. #4ca48d
  7. #569d8a
  8. #619688
  9. #6b8e85
  10. #768783
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8dbaa8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3b997 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afab9c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c9bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bbf98 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8bb79b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c9ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17c899 {
  color: #17c899;
}
Background
.bg-17c899 {
  background-color: #17c899;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17c899 {
  border: 2px solid #17c899;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17c899;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 200 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 79% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17c899 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17c899, #179fc8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17c899 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 200 153 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 1.26 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.33 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 5.53 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.02 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 8.29 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 8.37 #00a86b Jade ΔE 10.16 #e83766 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#17c899  rgb(23, 200, 153)  hsl(164, 79%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#c81746  rgb(200, 23, 70)  hsl(344, 79%, 44%)  Cardinal
#9917c8  rgb(153, 23, 200)  hsl(284, 79%, 44%)  Dark Violet
#c89917  rgb(200, 153, 23)  hsl(44, 79%, 44%)  Goldenrod