Recognised as Colour
#23796D
- #23796D
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#23796D is a cyan with RGB values 35, 121, 109 and HSL 172°, 55%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#23796D#23796D
HEX#23796D
RGBrgb(35, 121, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.4745, 0.4275
RGB percentages13.7%, 47.5%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(171.6, 55.1%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.6, 71.1%, 47.5%)
CMYK71.1%, 0%, 9.9%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,324,845
CSS custom property--colour: #23796D;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.15136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.21:1
Contrast with white5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#DC8692
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#79232F
Analogous#237942, #235A79
Triadic#6D2379, #796D23
Split complementary#79235A, #794223
Tetradic#422379, #79232F, #5A7923
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R35
G121
B109
Red35 (13.7%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue171.63°
Saturation (HSL)55.13%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 23 · G 79 · B 6D
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