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Recognised as Colour

#236A4D

  • #236A4D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#236A4D is a cyan with RGB values 35, 106, 77 and HSL 155°, 50%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#236A4D#236A4D
HEX#236A4D
RGBrgb(35, 106, 77)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.4157, 0.302
RGB percentages13.7%, 41.6%, 30.2%
HSLhsl(155.5, 50.4%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.5, 67%, 41.6%)
CMYK67%, 0%, 27.4%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,320,973
CSS custom property--colour: #236A4D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.48:1
Contrast with white6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#DC95B2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#68624Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F5B4Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#006A62no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 18.4Teal · ΔE 20.2Dark cyan · ΔE 22.6Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.1Cadetblue · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 18.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A2340
Analogous#236A29, #23646A
Triadic#4D236A, #6A4D23
Split complementary#6A2364, #6A2923
Tetradic#29236A, #6A2340, #646A23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#83D6B4
Lighter +30%#5DC99D
Lighter +20%#3CB785
Lighter +10%#309069
Darker −10%#164431
Darker −20%#0A1D15
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#117C50
Less saturated −25%#35584A

Channel breakdown

R35
G106
B77
Red35 (13.7%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue77 (30.2%)
Hue155.49°
Saturation (HSL)50.35%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 23 · G 6A · B 4D

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