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#17455C

#17455c ≈ Charcoal

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#17455c is a color from the azure family, with low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 27.06% green and 36.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 63.92% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 60% saturation and 22.55% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and luxury branding. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Charcoal (#36454f), ΔE 6.94.

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Web safe#003366
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Relative luminance0.0521

Complementary

  1. #17455c
  2. #5c2e17

Split complementary

  1. #17455c
  2. #5c1723
  3. #5c5117

Analogous

  1. #175c51
  2. #17455c
  3. #17235c

Triadic

  1. #17455c
  2. #5c1745
  3. #455c17

Tetradic

  1. #17455c
  2. #2e175c
  3. #5c2e17
  4. #455c17

Square

  1. #17455c
  2. #51175c
  3. #5c2e17
  4. #235c17

Monochromatic

  1. #040c10
  2. #08171f
  3. #17455c
  4. #267399
  5. #3d9ecf

Shades

#17455c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17455c
  2. #153e53
  3. #12374a
  4. #103040
  5. #0e2937
  6. #0c232e
  7. #091c25
  8. #07151c
  9. #050e12
  10. #020709
  11. #000000

Tints

#17455c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17455c
  2. #2e586c
  3. #456a7d
  4. #5d7d8d
  5. #748f9d
  6. #8ba2ae
  7. #a2b5be
  8. #b9c7ce
  9. #d1dade
  10. #e8ecef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17455c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17455c
  2. #224b60
  3. #2c5163
  4. #375767
  5. #415d6a
  6. #4c636e
  7. #566872
  8. #616e75
  9. #6b7479
  10. #767a7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 10.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #414141 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #34424d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3a445d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #303e5c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #004b4d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2f455d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #28415c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004953 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17455c {
  color: #17455c;
}
Background
.bg-17455c {
  background-color: #17455c;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-17455c {
  border: 2px solid #17455c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17455c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 69 92;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 60% 23%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17455c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17455c, #17235c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17455c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 69 92 / 0.35);
}

#36454f Charcoal ΔE 6.94 #003153 Prussian Blue ΔE 8.58 #004953 Midnight Green ΔE 8.65 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 9.57 #2a3439 Gunmetal ΔE 10.40 #0047ab Cobalt Blue ΔE 10.65 #003399 Smalt ΔE 10.91 #e8baa3 Inverted #414141 Grayscale 

Charcoal
#17455c  rgb(23, 69, 92)  hsl(200, 60%, 23%)  Charcoal
#5c2e17  rgb(92, 46, 23)  hsl(20, 60%, 23%)  Caput Mortuum
#5c1745  rgb(92, 23, 69)  hsl(320, 60%, 23%)  Tyrian Purple
#455c17  rgb(69, 92, 23)  hsl(80, 60%, 23%)  Army Green