Information about #235A61 color

#235A61 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#235A61 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(35, 90, 97) — 13.7% red, 35.3% green, 38% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 24 / 3 / 0 / 62. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #235A61 reads as a clearly saturated aqua cyan and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Dark Arctic Blue (#275359). Slightly further away sit Globe (#256761) and Dark Green Blue (#1F6357).

The recipe behind #235A61 is rgb(35, 90, 97), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 7.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.7:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:62), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #235A61 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#235A61 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#235A61 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #235A61

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Globe color link
Globe

#256761

Marathon color link
Marathon

#305563

Dark Opal color link
Dark Opal

#275953

Eden color link
Eden

#266255

Lucifer color link
Lucifer

#2E5060

Casal color link
Casal

#2F6168

Spectra color link
Spectra

#2F5A57

Retro color link
Retro

#1B5256

Caesar color link
Caesar

#1B6767

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#235A61
  • RGB35, 90, 97
  • CMYK24, 3, 0, 62
  • CSSrgb(35, 90, 97)
  • HSL187°, 47%, 26%
  • HSL Precise186.774°, 46.97%, 25.882%
  • HSV187°, 64%, 38%
  • HSB187°, 64%, 38%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.137
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.353
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.380
  • GLSLvec3(0.137, 0.353, 0.380)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.137, 0.353, 0.380, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.137, 0.353, 0.380)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB13.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB35.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB38%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID235A61
  • DECIMAL ID2316897
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01