Colour

#036CC8

#036CC8
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dodgerblue

#036CC8 is a blue with RGB values 3, 108, 200 and HSL 208°, 97%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dodgerblue.

Colour values

#036CC8#036CC8

HEX#036CC8

RGBrgb(3, 108, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.4235, 0.7843

RGB percentages1.2%, 42.4%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(208, 97%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(208, 98.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK98.5%, 46%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer224,456

CSS custom property--colour: #036CC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14915WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#FC9337

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3874CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0064C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Tritanopia#008290no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.3 Royal blue · ΔE 19.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.3 Slate blue · ΔE 26.3 Steel blue · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourDodgerblue (#1E90FF)ΔE 16.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C85F03

Analogous#03C8C2, #0309C8

Triadic#C8036C, #6CC803

Split complementary#C80309, #C8C203

Tetradic#C203C8, #C85F03, #09C803

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9ACFFD

Lighter +30%#67B7FD

Lighter +20%#359FFC

Lighter +10%#0487FA

Darker −10%#025196

Darker −20%#013664

Darker −30%#011B31

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006CCB

Less saturated −25%#1C6AAF

Channel breakdown

G108

B200

Red3 (1.2%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue208.02°

Saturation (HSL)97.04%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G 6C · B C8

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