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Recognised as Colour

#232F34

  • #232F34
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#232F34 is a cyan with RGB values 35, 47, 52 and HSL 198°, 20%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#232F34#232F34
HEX#232F34
RGBrgb(35, 47, 52)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.1843, 0.2039
RGB percentages13.7%, 18.4%, 20.4%
HSLhsl(197.6, 19.5%, 17.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 32.7%, 20.4%)
CMYK32.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 79.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,305,844
CSS custom property--colour: #232F34;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness44.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.75:1
Contrast with white13.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#DCD0CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2C2E34no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#2A2C34no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#1E3131no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.1Black · ΔE 19.5Dim grey · ΔE 26.6Slate grey · ΔE 34.8Gray · ΔE 35.6Light slate grey · ΔE 37.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 15.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#342823
Analogous#233431, #232734
Triadic#34232F, #2F3423
Split complementary#342327, #343123
Tetradic#312334, #342823, #273423

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7C9AA7
Lighter +30%#61828F
Lighter +20%#4C6671
Lighter +10%#384B52
Darker −10%#0E1316
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#18333F
Less saturated −25%#2C2C2C

Channel breakdown

R35
G47
B52
Red35 (13.7%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue52 (20.4%)
Hue197.65°
Saturation (HSL)19.54%
Lightness17.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G 2F · B 34

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