What color is #17E8C7?

#17E8C7 is a vivid spring green, closest to the named color Fake Jade. It belongs to the teal family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #17E8C7?

The RGB value is 23, 232, 199: 23 red, 232 green and 199 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #17E8C7?

The complementary color is #E81738, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #17E8C7?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 13.4:1 and white text 1.57:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#17E8C7 color

#17E8C7 rgb(23, 232, 199)

Shades of teal

The hex color #17E8C7 is a vivid spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 9% red, 91% green and 78% blue (23, 232, 199).

Its hue angle is 171°, with 82% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 90% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 9% black.

The closest named color is Fake Jade (#13EAC9), a difference of 0.4 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 13.4:1).

#17E8C7 color codes

HEX	`#17E8C7`
RGB	`rgb(23, 232, 199)`
RGB percent	`rgb(9%, 91%, 78%)`
HSL	`hsl(171, 82%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(171, 90%, 91%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(90%, 0%, 14%, 9%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(82.92, -53.21, 3.1)`
CIE LCH	`lch(82.92, 53.3, 176.67)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(39.513, 62.014, 63.909)`
Decimal	`1566919`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #17E8C7, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #17E8C7	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	13.4:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.57:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#17E8C7 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.57:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	13.4:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #17E8C7 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #17e8c7; }
.text { color: #17e8c7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #17e8c7; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(23 232 199 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #17e8c7, #17a1e8); }

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Questions

What color is #17E8C7?: #17E8C7 is a vivid spring green, closest to the named color Fake Jade. It belongs to the teal family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #17E8C7?: The RGB value is 23, 232, 199: 23 red, 232 green and 199 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #17E8C7?: The complementary color is #E81738, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #17E8C7?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 13.4:1 and white text 1.57:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.