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Recognised as Colour

#23466A

  • #23466A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#23466A is a blue with RGB values 35, 70, 106 and HSL 210°, 50%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#23466A#23466A
HEX#23466A
RGBrgb(35, 70, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.2745, 0.4157
RGB percentages13.7%, 27.5%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(210.4, 50.4%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.4, 67%, 41.6%)
CMYK67%, 34%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,311,786
CSS custom property--colour: #23466A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05778WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.74:1
Contrast with white9.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#DCB995

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#36486Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#2D4169no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#004E53no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.1Steel blue · ΔE 25.1Slate grey · ΔE 27.9Dim grey · ΔE 29.2Light slate grey · ΔE 30.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 24.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A4723
Analogous#236A6A, #23236A
Triadic#6A2346, #466A23
Split complementary#6A2323, #6A6A23
Tetradic#6A236A, #6A4723, #236A23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#83ACD6
Lighter +30%#5D92C9
Lighter +20%#3C79B7
Lighter +10%#305F90
Darker −10%#162D44
Darker −20%#0A131D
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#11467C
Less saturated −25%#354658

Channel breakdown

R35
G70
B106
Red35 (13.7%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue210.42°
Saturation (HSL)50.35%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G 46 · B 6A

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