Colour

#236A87

#236A87
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#236A87 is a cyan with RGB values 35, 106, 135 and HSL 197°, 59%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#236A87#236A87

HEX#236A87

RGBrgb(35, 106, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.4157, 0.5294

RGB percentages13.7%, 41.6%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(197.4, 58.8%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.4, 74.1%, 52.9%)

CMYK74.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,321,031

CSS custom property--colour: #236A87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.03:1

Contrast with white6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#DC9578

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B6888no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D5E87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Tritanopia#007274no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 16.3 Slate grey · ΔE 18.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 20.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.4 Teal · ΔE 23 Dim grey · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 16.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#874023

Analogous#238772, #233887

Triadic#87236A, #6A8723

Split complementary#872338, #877223

Tetradic#722387, #874023, #388723

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#93CCE3

Lighter +30%#6AB9D8

Lighter +20%#42A5CE

Lighter +10%#2E8AB0

Darker −10%#194A5F

Darker −20%#0E2A36

Darker −30%#040B0E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0E739C

Less saturated −25%#386172

Channel breakdown

R35

G106

B135

Red35 (13.7%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue197.4°

Saturation (HSL)58.82%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 23 · G 6A · B 87

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