Recognised as Colour

#236A8E

#236A8E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#236A8E is a blue with RGB values 35, 106, 142 and HSL 200°, 60%, 35%. 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

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HEX#236A8E

RGBrgb(35, 106, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.4157, 0.5569

RGB percentages13.7%, 41.6%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(200.2, 60.5%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200.2, 75.4%, 55.7%)

CMYK75.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,321,038

CSS custom property--colour: #236A8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.96:1

Contrast with white5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#DC9571

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#596990no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#4A5F8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Tritanopia#007376no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 13 Slate grey · ΔE 20 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25 Teal · ΔE 27.1 Dim grey · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 13.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8E4723

Analogous#238E7C, #23358E

Triadic#8E236A, #6A8E23

Split complementary#8E2335, #8E7C23

Tetradic#7C238E, #8E4723, #358E23

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#98CBE5

Lighter +30%#6FB7DB

Lighter +20%#46A2D1

Lighter +10%#2D89B7

Darker −10%#194B65

Darker −20%#0F2D3C

Darker −30%#050E13

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0D71A4

Less saturated −25%#396378

Channel breakdown

R35

G106

B142

Red35 (13.7%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue200.19°

Saturation (HSL)60.45%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 23 · G 6A · B 8E

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Colour harmonies

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