Recognised as Colour
#237A50
- #237A50
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Sea green
#237A50 is a cyan with RGB values 35, 122, 80 and HSL 151°, 55%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.
Colour values
#237A50#237A50
HEX#237A50
RGBrgb(35, 122, 80)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.4784, 0.3137
RGB percentages13.7%, 47.8%, 31.4%
HSLhsl(151, 55.4%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151, 71.3%, 47.8%)
CMYK71.3%, 0%, 34.4%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,325,072
CSS custom property--colour: #237A50;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.14856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.29:1
Contrast with white5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#DC85AF
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#7A234D
Analogous#237A25, #23797A
Triadic#50237A, #7A5023
Split complementary#7A2378, #7A2523
Tetradic#25237A, #7A234D, #797A23
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R35
G122
B80
Red35 (13.7%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue80 (31.4%)
Hue151.03°
Saturation (HSL)55.41%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 23 · G 7A · B 50
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