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Recognised as Colour

#23759A

  • #23759A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#23759A is a cyan with RGB values 35, 117, 154 and HSL 199°, 63%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#23759A#23759A
HEX#23759A
RGBrgb(35, 117, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.4588, 0.6039
RGB percentages13.7%, 45.9%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(198.7, 63%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.7, 77.3%, 60.4%)
CMYK77.3%, 24%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,323,866
CSS custom property--colour: #23759A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1
Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#DC8A65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#63749Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#536899no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#007F81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10.9Slate grey · ΔE 19.8Light slate grey · ΔE 20.6Teal · ΔE 25.6Cadetblue · ΔE 26Dark cyan · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 10.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A4823
Analogous#239A84, #23399A
Triadic#9A2375, #759A23
Split complementary#9A233A, #9A8423
Tetradic#84239A, #9A4823, #3A9A23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A0D2E9
Lighter +30%#76BFE0
Lighter +20%#4DACD6
Lighter +10%#2C95C4
Darker −10%#1A5570
Darker −20%#103647
Darker −30%#07161D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0B7EB2
Less saturated −25%#3B6C82

Channel breakdown

R35
G117
B154
Red35 (13.7%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue198.66°
Saturation (HSL)62.96%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G 75 · B 9A

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