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#17C8BD

#17c8bd ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#17c8bd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 78.43% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 176.27°, with 79.37% saturation and 43.73% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.84.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.4516

Complementary

  1. #17c8bd
  2. #c81722

Split complementary

  1. #17c8bd
  2. #c8177b
  3. #c86517

Analogous

  1. #17c865
  2. #17c8bd
  3. #177bc8

Triadic

  1. #17c8bd
  2. #bd17c8
  3. #c8bd17

Tetradic

  1. #17c8bd
  2. #1722c8
  3. #c81722
  4. #c8bd17

Square

  1. #17c8bd
  2. #6517c8
  3. #c81722
  4. #7bc817

Monochromatic

  1. #073f3b
  2. #0f837c
  3. #17c8bd
  4. #42e9df
  5. #87f1eb

Shades

#17c8bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17c8bd
  2. #15b4aa
  3. #12a097
  4. #108c84
  5. #0e7871
  6. #0c645f
  7. #09504c
  8. #073c39
  9. #052826
  10. #021413
  11. #000000

Tints

#17c8bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17c8bd
  2. #2ecec4
  3. #45d3ca
  4. #5dd9d1
  5. #74ded7
  6. #8be4de
  7. #a2e9e5
  8. #b9efeb
  9. #d1f4f2
  10. #e8faf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17c8bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17c8bd
  2. #22c1b7
  3. #2cbab1
  4. #37b2ab
  5. #41aba5
  6. #4ca49f
  7. #569d98
  8. #619692
  9. #6b8e8c
  10. #768786
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fbcb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcbcbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7acbe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96c1bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85b8be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cbc1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17c8bd {
  color: #17c8bd;
}
Background
.bg-17c8bd {
  background-color: #17c8bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17c8bd {
  border: 2px solid #17c8bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17c8bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 200 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 79% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17c8bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17c8bd, #177bc8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17c8bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 200 189 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.84 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.96 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.13 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.11 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 5.91 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.08 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 6.17 #e83742 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#17c8bd  rgb(23, 200, 189)  hsl(176, 79%, 44%)  Medium Turquoise
#c81722  rgb(200, 23, 34)  hsl(356, 79%, 44%)  Lava
#bd17c8  rgb(189, 23, 200)  hsl(296, 79%, 44%)  Dark Orchid
#c8bd17  rgb(200, 189, 23)  hsl(56, 79%, 44%)  Old Gold