#17d9ea

Color #17d9ea

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 8.87 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#17d9ea

RGB

rgb(23, 217, 234)

HSL

hsl(184.8, 83.4%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.8, 90.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(79.47, -36.77, -20.62)

LCH

lch(79.47, 42.16, 209.28)

OKLCH

oklch(80.9%, 0.1357, 205.02)

HWB

hwb(184.8, 9%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ea2817

Analogous

#17ea91

#17d9ea

#1770ea

Triadic

#17d9ea

#ea17d9

#d9ea17

Split-complementary

#17d9ea

#ea1770

#ea9117

Tetradic

#17d9ea

#2817ea

#ea2817

#d9ea17

Square

#17d9ea

#9117ea

#ea2817

#70ea17

Shades

Color #17d9ea mixed toward black.

#12b6c4

#0e929d

#0b6d76

#07494f

#042427

Tints

Color #17d9ea mixed toward white.

#3edfee

#64e6f1

#8becf5

#b2f2f8

#d8f9fc

Tones

Color #17d9ea mixed toward gray.

#29cad8

#3abcc7

#4cadb5

#5d9ea4

#6f8f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9697e6 · ΔE 33.1

Deuteranopia

#8d80e5 · ΔE 37.9

Tritanopia

#3ae3e2 · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #17d9ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#17d9ea]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#17d9ea (#17d9ea) is rgb(23, 217, 234) in RGB.

No, #17d9ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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