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Recognised as Colour

#235B70

  • #235B70
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#235B70 is a cyan with RGB values 35, 91, 112 and HSL 196°, 52%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#235B70#235B70
HEX#235B70
RGBrgb(35, 91, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.3569, 0.4392
RGB percentages13.7%, 35.7%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(196.4, 52.4%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 68.8%, 43.9%)
CMYK68.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,317,168
CSS custom property--colour: #235B70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.49:1
Contrast with white7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#DCA48F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#505971no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#455170no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#006162no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.4Slate grey · ΔE 20.2Dim grey · ΔE 22.2Light slate grey · ΔE 22.7Steel blue · ΔE 23.2Teal · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 14.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#703823
Analogous#23705F, #233470
Triadic#70235B, #5B7023
Split complementary#702335, #705F23
Tetradic#5E2370, #703823, #347023

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#86C2D9
Lighter +30%#5FAFCD
Lighter +20%#3B9ABE
Lighter +10%#2F7B97
Darker −10%#173B49
Darker −20%#0B1C22
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#116382
Less saturated −25%#35535E

Channel breakdown

R35
G91
B112
Red35 (13.7%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue196.36°
Saturation (HSL)52.38%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G 5B · B 70

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