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Recognised as Colour

#03506F

  • #03506F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#03506F is a cyan with RGB values 3, 80, 111 and HSL 197°, 95%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#03506F#03506F
HEX#03506F
RGBrgb(3, 80, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.3137, 0.4353
RGB percentages1.2%, 31.4%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(197.2, 94.7%, 22.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.2, 97.3%, 43.5%)
CMYK97.3%, 27.9%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer217,199
CSS custom property--colour: #03506F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06904WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.82:1
Contrast with white8.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#FCAF90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#404F70no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#33466Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00585Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.2Steel blue · ΔE 23Slate grey · ΔE 25.8Light slate grey · ΔE 28.1Dim grey · ΔE 28.2Teal · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 20.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6F2203
Analogous#036F58, #031A6F
Triadic#6F0350, #506F03
Split complementary#6F031A, #6F5803
Tetradic#58036F, #6F2203, #1A6F03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#44C6FA
Lighter +30%#12B7F9
Lighter +20%#0698D2
Lighter +10%#0474A1
Darker −10%#022C3D
Darker −20%#00080C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005172
Less saturated −25%#114A61

Channel breakdown

R3
G80
B111
Red3 (1.2%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue197.22°
Saturation (HSL)94.74%
Lightness22.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 50 · B 6F

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