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Recognised as Colour

#236A7C

  • #236A7C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#236A7C is a cyan with RGB values 35, 106, 124 and HSL 192°, 56%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#236A7C#236A7C
HEX#236A7C
RGBrgb(35, 106, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.4157, 0.4863
RGB percentages13.7%, 41.6%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(192.1, 56%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.1, 71.8%, 48.6%)
CMYK71.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,321,020
CSS custom property--colour: #236A7C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.13:1
Contrast with white6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#DC9583

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E677Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#525E7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#007070no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.7Teal · ΔE 16.9Slate grey · ΔE 18.5Dark cyan · ΔE 20Light slate grey · ΔE 20.4Cadetblue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 16.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7C3523
Analogous#237C62, #233D7C
Triadic#7C236A, #6A7C23
Split complementary#7C233D, #7C6223
Tetradic#62237C, #7C3523, #3E7C23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8CCEDF
Lighter +30%#65BDD3
Lighter +20%#3DACC8
Lighter +10%#2E8CA4
Darker −10%#184854
Darker −20%#0D262C
Darker −30%#010405
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0F7690
Less saturated −25%#375E68

Channel breakdown

R35
G106
B124
Red35 (13.7%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue192.13°
Saturation (HSL)55.97%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G 6A · B 7C

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