Information about #17545B color

#17545B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#17545B falls into the Cyan Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(23, 84, 91) — 9% red, 32.9% green, 35.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 27 / 3 / 0 / 64. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #17545B reads as a confidently colored water-like cyan and leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Retro (#1B5256). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Beatnik (#1F4F54) and Guru (#154C65).

In RGB terms — rgb(23, 84, 91) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #17545B: 8.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:64), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #17545B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#17545B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#17545B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #17545B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Retro color link
Retro

#1B5256

Beatnik color link
Beatnik

#1F4F54

Guru color link
Guru

#154C65

Push Play color link
Push Play

#21584C

Dark Opal color link
Dark Opal

#275953

Arapawa color link
Arapawa

#274A5D

JayHawk Blue color link
JayHawk Blue

#194F6E

Shipshape color link
Shipshape

#21425F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#17545B
  • RGB23, 84, 91
  • CMYK27, 3, 0, 64
  • CSSrgb(23, 84, 91)
  • HSL186°, 60%, 22%
  • HSL Precise186.176°, 59.649%, 22.353%
  • HSV186°, 75%, 36%
  • HSB186°, 75%, 36%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.329
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • GLSLvec3(0.090, 0.329, 0.357)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.090, 0.329, 0.357, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.090, 0.329, 0.357)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB32.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB35.7%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID17545B
  • DECIMAL ID1528923
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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