Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#234D5C

  • #234D5C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#234D5C is a cyan with RGB values 35, 77, 92 and HSL 196°, 45%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#234D5C#234D5C
HEX#234D5C
RGBrgb(35, 77, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.302, 0.3608
RGB percentages13.7%, 30.2%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(195.8, 44.9%, 24.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 62%, 36.1%)
CMYK62%, 16.3%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,313,564
CSS custom property--colour: #234D5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#DCB2A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#454B5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C455Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005252no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.8Dim grey · ΔE 21.5Slate grey · ΔE 23.7Light slate grey · ΔE 26.6Teal · ΔE 26.6Gray · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C3223
Analogous#235C4F, #23315C
Triadic#5C234D, #4D5C23
Split complementary#5C2331, #5C4F23
Tetradic#4E235C, #5C3223, #315C23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7DB9CE
Lighter +30%#58A4C0
Lighter +20%#3F8BA6
Lighter +10%#316C81
Darker −10%#152E37
Darker −20%#070F12
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#13556C
Less saturated −25%#33454C

Channel breakdown

R35
G77
B92
Red35 (13.7%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue195.79°
Saturation (HSL)44.88%
Lightness24.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G 4D · B 5C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “234d5c” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.