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#17CDEC

#17cdec ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#17cdec is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 80.39% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.25% cyan, 13.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 188.73°, with 84.86% saturation and 50.78% 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 10.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.88.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.499

Complementary

  1. #17cdec
  2. #ec3617

Split complementary

  1. #17cdec
  2. #ec1762
  3. #eca017

Analogous

  1. #17eca0
  2. #17cdec
  3. #1762ec

Triadic

  1. #17cdec
  2. #ec17cd
  3. #cdec17

Tetradic

  1. #17cdec
  2. #3617ec
  3. #ec3617
  4. #cdec17

Square

  1. #17cdec
  2. #a017ec
  3. #ec3617
  4. #62ec17

Monochromatic

  1. #085562
  2. #0e92a9
  3. #17cdec
  4. #5edcf2
  5. #a4ebf8

Shades

#17cdec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17cdec
  2. #15b9d4
  3. #12a4bd
  4. #1090a5
  5. #0e7b8e
  6. #0c6776
  7. #09525e
  8. #073e47
  9. #05292f
  10. #021518
  11. #000000

Tints

#17cdec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17cdec
  2. #2ed2ee
  3. #45d7f0
  4. #5ddcf2
  5. #74e1f4
  6. #8be6f6
  7. #a2ebf7
  8. #b9f0f9
  9. #d1f5fb
  10. #e8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17cdec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17cdec
  2. #22c5e1
  3. #2cbed6
  4. #37b6cc
  5. #41aec1
  6. #4ca7b6
  7. #569fab
  8. #6197a0
  9. #6b8f96
  10. #76888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #96c3d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7c6ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9db3ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d9d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92c9ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7dbeec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d4e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17cdec {
  color: #17cdec;
}
Background
.bg-17cdec {
  background-color: #17cdec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-17cdec {
  border: 2px solid #17cdec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17cdec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 205 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 85% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17cdec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17cdec, #1762ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17cdec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 205 236 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.88 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.71 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.40 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.99 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 10.45 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.70 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.83 #e83213 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#17cdec  rgb(23, 205, 236)  hsl(189, 85%, 51%)  Sky Blue
#ec3617  rgb(236, 54, 23)  hsl(9, 85%, 51%)  Candy Apple Red
#ec17cd  rgb(236, 23, 205)  hsl(309, 85%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#cdec17  rgb(205, 236, 23)  hsl(69, 85%, 51%)  Pear