#117ba6

Color #117ba6

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.99 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#117ba6

RGB

rgb(17, 123, 166)

HSL

hsl(197.3, 81.4%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.3, 89.8%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(89.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(48.31, -11.91, -30.69)

LCH

lch(48.31, 32.92, 248.79)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.1088, 232.8)

HWB

hwb(197.3, 6.7%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a63c11

Analogous

#11a687

#117ba6

#1131a6

Triadic

#117ba6

#a6117b

#7ba611

Split-complementary

#117ba6

#a61131

#a68711

Tetradic

#117ba6

#3c11a6

#a63c11

#7ba611

Square

#117ba6

#8711a6

#a63c11

#31a611

Shades

Color #117ba6 mixed toward black.

#0e678a

#0b526f

#093e53

#062937

#03151c

Tints

Color #117ba6 mixed toward white.

#16a0d7

#39b8eb

#6bc9f0

#9cdbf5

#ceedfa

Tones

Color #117ba6 mixed toward gray.

#1d769a

#2a718d

#366b81

#436674

#4f6168

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.41:1

White text reads better on this background (4.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#54559d · ΔE 21

Deuteranopia

#4f479b · ΔE 24.2

Tritanopia

#219594 · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #117ba6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#117ba6]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#117ba6 (#117ba6) is rgb(17, 123, 166) in RGB.

No, #117ba6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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