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#17C8EF

#17c8ef ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#17c8ef is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 78.43% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.38% cyan, 16.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 190.83°, with 87.1% saturation and 51.37% 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 10.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 7.24.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.4772

Complementary

  1. #17c8ef
  2. #ef3e17

Split complementary

  1. #17c8ef
  2. #ef175c
  3. #efaa17

Analogous

  1. #17efaa
  2. #17c8ef
  3. #175cef

Triadic

  1. #17c8ef
  2. #ef17c8
  3. #c8ef17

Tetradic

  1. #17c8ef
  2. #3e17ef
  3. #ef3e17
  4. #c8ef17

Square

  1. #17c8ef
  2. #aa17ef
  3. #ef3e17
  4. #5cef17

Monochromatic

  1. #075566
  2. #0c90ae
  3. #17c8ef
  4. #5fd9f4
  5. #a6eaf9

Shades

#17c8ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17c8ef
  2. #15b4d7
  3. #12a0bf
  4. #108ca7
  5. #0e788f
  6. #0c6478
  7. #095060
  8. #073c48
  9. #052830
  10. #021418
  11. #000000

Tints

#17c8ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17c8ef
  2. #2ecef1
  3. #45d3f2
  4. #5dd9f4
  5. #74def5
  6. #8be4f7
  7. #a2e9f9
  8. #b9effa
  9. #d1f4fc
  10. #e8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17c8ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17c8ef
  2. #22c1e4
  3. #2cbad9
  4. #37b2ce
  5. #41abc3
  6. #4ca4b8
  7. #569dac
  8. #6196a1
  9. #6b8e96
  10. #76878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93bed0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0c2f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96b0ef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d5d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cc5f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #77baef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d0e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17c8ef {
  color: #17c8ef;
}
Background
.bg-17c8ef {
  background-color: #17c8ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17c8ef {
  border: 2px solid #17c8ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17c8ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 200 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 87% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17c8ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17c8ef, #175cef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17c8ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 200 239 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.24 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.25 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.79 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.21 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.39 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.87 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.46 #e83710 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#17c8ef  rgb(23, 200, 239)  hsl(191, 87%, 51%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ef3e17  rgb(239, 62, 23)  hsl(11, 87%, 51%)  Ferrari Red
#ef17c8  rgb(239, 23, 200)  hsl(311, 87%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#c8ef17  rgb(200, 239, 23)  hsl(71, 87%, 51%)  Electric Lime