Colour

#0368BC

#0368BC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#0368BC is a blue with RGB values 3, 104, 188 and HSL 207°, 97%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#0368BC#0368BC

HEX#0368BC

RGBrgb(3, 104, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.4078, 0.7373

RGB percentages1.2%, 40.8%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(207.2, 96.9%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(207.2, 98.4%, 73.7%)

CMYK98.4%, 44.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer223,420

CSS custom property--colour: #0368BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.66:1

Contrast with white5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#FC9743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3A6FBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0F60BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Tritanopia#007C89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.2 Royal blue · ΔE 23.8 Steel blue · ΔE 23.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.1 Slate blue · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BC5703

Analogous#03BCB3, #030CBC

Triadic#BC0368, #68BC03

Split complementary#BC030C, #BCB303

Tetradic#B303BC, #BC5703, #0CBC03

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8ECBFD

Lighter +30%#5CB3FC

Lighter +20%#299CFC

Lighter +10%#0484EE

Darker −10%#024C8A

Darker −20%#013058

Darker −30%#011525

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0068BF

Less saturated −25%#1B66A4

Channel breakdown

G104

B188

Red3 (1.2%)

Green104 (40.8%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue207.24°

Saturation (HSL)96.86%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G 68 · B BC

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