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Recognised as Colour

#23535E

  • #23535E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#23535E is a cyan with RGB values 35, 83, 94 and HSL 191°, 46%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#23535E#23535E
HEX#23535E
RGBrgb(35, 83, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.3255, 0.3686
RGB percentages13.7%, 32.5%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(191.2, 45.7%, 25.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.2, 62.8%, 36.9%)
CMYK62.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,315,102
CSS custom property--colour: #23535E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.5:1
Contrast with white8.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#DCACA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B505Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#424A5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#005756no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7.7Dim grey · ΔE 20.6Slate grey · ΔE 22.8Teal · ΔE 22.8Light slate grey · ΔE 25.5Dark cyan · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E2E23
Analogous#235E4B, #23365E
Triadic#5E2353, #535E23
Split complementary#5E2336, #5E4B23
Tetradic#4B235E, #5E2E23, #365E23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7EC0CF
Lighter +30%#59AEC1
Lighter +20%#3F95A8
Lighter +10%#317483
Darker −10%#153239
Darker −20%#071114
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#135D6E
Less saturated −25%#33494E

Channel breakdown

R35
G83
B94
Red35 (13.7%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue191.19°
Saturation (HSL)45.74%
Lightness25.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G 53 · B 5E

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