#239eae

Color #239eae

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 12.19 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#239eae

RGB

rgb(35, 158, 174)

HSL

hsl(186.9, 66.5%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.9, 79.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(59.77, -26.45, -17.6)

LCH

lch(59.77, 31.77, 213.64)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.1031, 208.38)

HWB

hwb(186.9, 13.7%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae3323

Analogous

#23ae79

#239eae

#2359ae

Triadic

#239eae

#ae239e

#9eae23

Split-complementary

#239eae

#ae2359

#ae7923

Tetradic

#239eae

#3323ae

#ae3323

#9eae23

Square

#239eae

#7923ae

#ae3323

#59ae23

Shades

Color #239eae mixed toward black.

#1d8491

#176974

#124f57

#0c353a

#061a1d

Tints

Color #239eae mixed toward white.

#2ec2d5

#58cedd

#82dae6

#ace7ee

#d5f3f7

Tones

Color #239eae mixed toward gray.

#2f95a2

#3a8c97

#46838b

#517a80

#5d7174

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f70aa · ΔE 28.3

Deuteranopia

#685fa9 · ΔE 32.5

Tritanopia

#33a7a7 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #239eae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#239eae]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#239eae (#239eae) is rgb(35, 158, 174) in RGB.

No, #239eae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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