Colour

#036CC4

#036CC4
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#036CC4 is a blue with RGB values 3, 108, 196 and HSL 207°, 97%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#036CC4#036CC4

HEX#036CC4

RGBrgb(3, 108, 196)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.4235, 0.7686

RGB percentages1.2%, 42.4%, 76.9%

HSLhsl(207.4, 97%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(207.4, 98.5%, 76.9%)

CMYK98.5%, 44.9%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer224,452

CSS custom property--colour: #036CC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.32:1

Contrast with white5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#FC933B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C73C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0C64C2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00818Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.1 Dodgerblue · ΔE 17.6 Royal blue · ΔE 21.9 Steel blue · ΔE 25.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.3 Slate blue · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C45B03

Analogous#03C4BC, #030CC4

Triadic#C4036C, #6CC403

Split complementary#C4030C, #C4BB03

Tetradic#BC03C4, #C45B03, #0CC403

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#96CEFD

Lighter +30%#63B7FD

Lighter +20%#319FFC

Lighter +10%#0488F6

Darker −10%#025092

Darker −20%#013560

Darker −30%#01192D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006CC7

Less saturated −25%#1C6AAB

Channel breakdown

G108

B196

Red3 (1.2%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue196 (76.9%)

Hue207.36°

Saturation (HSL)96.98%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G 6C · B C4

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