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#17455E

#17455e ≈ Charcoal

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#17455e 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 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.53% cyan, 26.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 63.14% black. Its hue angle is 201.13°, with 60.68% saturation and 22.94% 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 10.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Charcoal (#36454f), ΔE 7.22.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#003366
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Relative luminance0.0525

Complementary

  1. #17455e
  2. #5e3017

Split complementary

  1. #17455e
  2. #5e1721
  3. #5e5317

Analogous

  1. #175e53
  2. #17455e
  3. #17215e

Triadic

  1. #17455e
  2. #5e1745
  3. #455e17

Tetradic

  1. #17455e
  2. #30175e
  3. #5e3017
  4. #455e17

Square

  1. #17455e
  2. #53175e
  3. #5e3017
  4. #215e17

Monochromatic

  1. #040c10
  2. #081821
  3. #17455e
  4. #26729b
  5. #3e9dd0

Shades

#17455e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #17455e
  2. #153e55
  3. #12374b
  4. #103042
  5. #0e2938
  6. #0c232f
  7. #091c26
  8. #07151c
  9. #050e13
  10. #020709
  11. #000000

Tints

#17455e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #17455e
  2. #2e586e
  3. #456a7e
  4. #5d7d8e
  5. #748f9e
  6. #8ba2af
  7. #a2b5bf
  8. #b9c7cf
  9. #d1dadf
  10. #e8ecef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#17455e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #17455e
  2. #224b61
  3. #2c5165
  4. #375768
  5. #415d6c
  6. #4c636f
  7. #566872
  8. #616e76
  9. #6b7479
  10. #767a7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 10.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #414141 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #34424e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #39455f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2f3e5e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #004b4e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2f455f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #27415e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004955 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-17455e {
  color: #17455e;
}
Background
.bg-17455e {
  background-color: #17455e;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-17455e {
  border: 2px solid #17455e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #17455e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 69 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 61% 23%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-17455e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #17455e, #17215e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-17455e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 69 94 / 0.35);
}

#36454f Charcoal ΔE 7.22 #003153 Prussian Blue ΔE 7.95 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 8.72 #004953 Midnight Green ΔE 9.52 #0047ab Cobalt Blue ΔE 10.01 #003399 Smalt ΔE 10.45 #2a3439 Gunmetal ΔE 10.76 #e8baa1 Inverted #414141 Grayscale 

Charcoal
#17455e  rgb(23, 69, 94)  hsl(201, 61%, 23%)  Charcoal
#5e3017  rgb(94, 48, 23)  hsl(21, 61%, 23%)  Caput Mortuum
#5e1745  rgb(94, 23, 69)  hsl(321, 61%, 23%)  Tyrian Purple
#455e17  rgb(69, 94, 23)  hsl(81, 61%, 23%)  Dark Olive Green