#234c53

Color #234c53

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 5.05 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-900 #104e64 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#234c53

RGB

rgb(35, 76, 83)

HSL

hsl(188.8, 40.7%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.8, 57.8%, 32.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 67.5%)

LAB

lab(29.79, -12.06, -8.54)

LCH

lch(29.79, 14.78, 215.3)

OKLCH

oklch(39%, 0.0472, 209.99)

HWB

hwb(188.8, 13.7%, 67.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#532a23

Analogous

#235342

#234c53

#233453

Triadic

#234c53

#53234c

#4c5323

Split-complementary

#234c53

#532334

#534223

Tetradic

#234c53

#2a2353

#532a23

#4c5323

Square

#234c53

#422353

#532a23

#345323

Shades

Color #234c53 mixed toward black.

#1d3f45

#173337

#112629

#0c191c

#060d0e

Tints

Color #234c53 mixed toward white.

#367681

#4aa0af

#75b9c5

#a3d0d8

#d1e8ec

Tones

Color #234c53 mixed toward gray.

#27494f

#2b464b

#2f4347

#334143

#373e3f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.23:1

White text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#393951 · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#373351 · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#265050 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #234c53;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#234c53]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#234c53 (#234c53) is rgb(35, 76, 83) in RGB.

No, #234c53 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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