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#17CBAD

#17cbad ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#17cbad is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 79.61% green and 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.78% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 170°, with 79.65% saturation and 44.31% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 10.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 5.05.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4591

Complementary

  1. #17cbad
  2. #cb1735

Split complementary

  1. #17cbad
  2. #cb178f
  3. #cb5317

Analogous

  1. #17cb53
  2. #17cbad
  3. #178fcb

Triadic

  1. #17cbad
  2. #ad17cb
  3. #cbad17

Tetradic

  1. #17cbad
  2. #1735cb
  3. #cb1735
  4. #cbad17

Square

  1. #17cbad
  2. #5317cb
  3. #cb1735
  4. #8fcb17

Monochromatic

  1. #074238
  2. #0f8672
  3. #17cbad
  4. #45eace
  5. #89f2e0

Shades

#17cbad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17cbad
  2. #15b79c
  3. #12a28a
  4. #108e79
  5. #0e7a68
  6. #0c6657
  7. #095145
  8. #073d34
  9. #052923
  10. #021411
  11. #000000

Tints

#17cbad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17cbad
  2. #2ed0b5
  3. #45d5bd
  4. #5ddbc6
  5. #74e0ce
  6. #8be5d6
  7. #a2eade
  8. #b9efe6
  9. #d1f5ef
  10. #e8faf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17cbad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17cbad
  2. #22c4a9
  3. #2cbca4
  4. #37b5a0
  5. #41ad9b
  6. #4ca697
  7. #569e92
  8. #61978e
  9. #6b8f89
  10. #768885
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90beb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3beac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aeaeaf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cec2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bc3ac ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8bbaae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cdba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17cbad {
  color: #17cbad;
}
Background
.bg-17cbad {
  background-color: #17cbad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17cbad {
  border: 2px solid #17cbad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17cbad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 203 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 170 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17cbad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17cbad, #178fcb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17cbad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 203 173 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.05 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.50 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.19 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.04 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.71 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.99 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.27 #e83452 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#17cbad  rgb(23, 203, 173)  hsl(170, 80%, 44%)  Medium Aquamarine
#cb1735  rgb(203, 23, 53)  hsl(350, 80%, 44%)  Cardinal
#ad17cb  rgb(173, 23, 203)  hsl(290, 80%, 44%)  Dark Orchid
#cbad17  rgb(203, 173, 23)  hsl(50, 80%, 44%)  Old Gold