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Recognised as Colour

#23758E

  • #23758E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#23758E is a cyan with RGB values 35, 117, 142 and HSL 194°, 60%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#23758E#23758E
HEX#23758E
RGBrgb(35, 117, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.4588, 0.5569
RGB percentages13.7%, 45.9%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(194, 60.5%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194, 75.4%, 55.7%)
CMYK75.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,323,854
CSS custom property--colour: #23758E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#DC8A71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#67728Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#58688Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#007D7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 17.6Slate grey · ΔE 18.2Teal · ΔE 18.3Light slate grey · ΔE 19.2Dark cyan · ΔE 20.2Cadetblue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 17.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E3C23
Analogous#238E71, #23408E
Triadic#8E2375, #758E23
Split complementary#8E2340, #8E7123
Tetradic#71238E, #8E3C23, #408E23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#98D3E5
Lighter +30%#6FC2DB
Lighter +20%#46B1D1
Lighter +10%#2D97B7
Darker −10%#195365
Darker −20%#0F323C
Darker −30%#051013
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0D81A4
Less saturated −25%#396978

Channel breakdown

R35
G117
B142
Red35 (13.7%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue194.02°
Saturation (HSL)60.45%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G 75 · B 8E

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