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Recognised as Colour

#236A7F

  • #236A7F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#236A7F is a cyan with RGB values 35, 106, 127 and HSL 194°, 57%, 32%. 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

#236A7F#236A7F
HEX#236A7F
RGBrgb(35, 106, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.4157, 0.498
RGB percentages13.7%, 41.6%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(193.7, 56.8%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.7, 72.4%, 49.8%)
CMYK72.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,321,023
CSS custom property--colour: #236A7F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.11:1
Contrast with white6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#DC9580

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E6780no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#515E7Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#007171no 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 text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.8Slate grey · ΔE 18.3Teal · ΔE 18.5Light slate grey · ΔE 20.1Steel blue · ΔE 20.7Dark cyan · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 17.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7F3823
Analogous#237F66, #233C7F
Triadic#7F236A, #6A7F23
Split complementary#7F233C, #7F6623
Tetradic#66237F, #7F3823, #3C7F23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8ECDE0
Lighter +30%#66BCD5
Lighter +20%#3EAACA
Lighter +10%#2E8BA7
Darker −10%#184957
Darker −20%#0D272F
Darker −30%#020607
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0F7593
Less saturated −25%#375F6B

Channel breakdown

R35
G106
B127
Red35 (13.7%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue193.7°
Saturation (HSL)56.79%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G 6A · B 7F

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