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Recognised as Colour

#036DF4

  • #036DF4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#036DF4 is a blue with RGB values 3, 109, 244 and HSL 214°, 98%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#036DF4#036DF4
HEX#036DF4
RGBrgb(3, 109, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.4275, 0.9569
RGB percentages1.2%, 42.7%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(213.6, 97.6%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.6, 98.8%, 95.7%)
CMYK98.8%, 55.3%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer224,756
CSS custom property--colour: #036DF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.67:1
Contrast with white4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#FC920B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007EF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BF1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#008FA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 9.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.3Slate blue · ΔE 19.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.5Medium purple · ΔE 27Cornflower blue · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F48A03
Analogous#03E5F4, #1103F4
Triadic#F4036D, #6DF403
Split complementary#F41203, #E5F403
Tetradic#F403E6, #F48A03, #03F412

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5DEFE
Lighter +30%#92C2FE
Lighter +20%#60A5FD
Lighter +10%#2E89FC
Darker −10%#0256C2
Darker −20%#02408F
Darker −30%#01295D
Darker −40%#01132A
More saturated +25%#006DF7
Less saturated −25%#2271D5

Channel breakdown

R3
G109
B244
Red3 (1.2%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue213.61°
Saturation (HSL)97.57%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 6D · B F4

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