Colour

#035C79

#035C79
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#035C79 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 92, 121 and HSL 195°, 95%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#035C79#035C79

HEX#035C79

RGBrgb(3, 92, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.3608, 0.4745

RGB percentages1.2%, 36.1%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(194.7, 95.2%, 24.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.7, 97.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK97.5%, 24%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer220,281

CSS custom property--colour: #035C79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.47:1

Contrast with white7.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#FCA386

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D5A7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#3E5179no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Tritanopia#006466no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.7 Steel blue · ΔE 20.4 Slate grey · ΔE 22.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 25 Teal · ΔE 25.4 Dim grey · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 19.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#792003

Analogous#03795B, #032179

Triadic#79035C, #5C7903

Split complementary#790321, #795B03

Tetradic#5B0379, #792003, #217903

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#4DD0FB

Lighter +30%#1CC3F9

Lighter +20%#05A8DD

Lighter +10%#0482AB

Darker −10%#023647

Darker −20%#011015

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005E7C

Less saturated −25%#13546A

Channel breakdown

G92

B121

Red3 (1.2%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue194.75°

Saturation (HSL)95.16%

Lightness24.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G 5C · B 79

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Colour values

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