#17c6ae

Color #17c6ae

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Turquoise #40e0d0 · ΔE 10.49 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#17c6ae

RGB

rgb(23, 198, 174)

HSL

hsl(171.8, 79.2%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.8, 88.4%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(88.4%, 0%, 12.1%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(71.98, -45.79, 0.56)

LCH

lch(71.98, 45.79, 179.3)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.1319, 179.7)

HWB

hwb(171.8, 9%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6172f

Analogous

#17c657

#17c6ae

#1786c6

Triadic

#17c6ae

#ae17c6

#c6ae17

Split-complementary

#17c6ae

#c61786

#c65717

Tetradic

#17c6ae

#172fc6

#c6172f

#c6ae17

Square

#17c6ae

#5717c6

#c6172f

#86c617

Shades

Color #17c6ae mixed toward black.

#13a591

#0f8474

#0b6357

#08423a

#04211d

Tints

Color #17c6ae mixed toward white.

#27e6cc

#52ebd6

#7df0e0

#a9f5eb

#d4faf5

Tones

Color #17c6ae mixed toward gray.

#26b7a3

#34a999

#439a8e

#518c84

#607d79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898ab4 · ΔE 34.2

Deuteranopia

#8074b6 · ΔE 41.2

Tritanopia

#36b9ba · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #17c6ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#17c6ae]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#17c6ae (#17c6ae) is rgb(23, 198, 174) in RGB.

No, #17c6ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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