#35696f

Color #35696f

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 11.79 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#35696f

RGB

rgb(53, 105, 111)

HSL

hsl(186.2, 35.4%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.2, 52.3%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(41.23, -15.54, -8.73)

LCH

lch(41.23, 17.82, 209.33)

OKLCH

oklch(48.7%, 0.0563, 205.34)

HWB

hwb(186.2, 20.8%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f3b35

Analogous

#356f58

#35696f

#354c6f

Triadic

#35696f

#6f3569

#696f35

Split-complementary

#35696f

#6f354c

#6f5835

Tetradic

#35696f

#3b356f

#6f3b35

#696f35

Square

#35696f

#58356f

#6f3b35

#4c6f35

Shades

Color #35696f mixed toward black.

#2c585d

#23464a

#1b3538

#122325

#091213

Tints

Color #35696f mixed toward white.

#488e96

#63acb5

#8ac1c7

#b1d6da

#d8eaec

Tones

Color #35696f mixed toward gray.

#3a656a

#3f6165

#445e61

#485a5c

#4d5657

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.4:1

White text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#51516e · ΔE 23.1

Deuteranopia

#4e496d · ΔE 25.5

Tritanopia

#396c6c · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #35696f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#35696f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#35696f (#35696f) is rgb(53, 105, 111) in RGB.

No, #35696f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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