Recognised as Colour

#036F87

#036F87
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#036F87 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 111, 135 and HSL 191°, 96%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#036F87#036F87

HEX#036F87

RGBrgb(3, 111, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.4353, 0.5294

RGB percentages1.2%, 43.5%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(190.9, 95.7%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.9, 97.8%, 52.9%)

CMYK97.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer225,159

CSS custom property--colour: #036F87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.79:1

Contrast with white5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#FC9078

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#606C88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#516187no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Tritanopia#007777no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 17.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.9 Steel blue · ΔE 20 Slate grey · ΔE 20.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 17.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#871B03

Analogous#03875D, #032D87

Triadic#87036F, #6F8703

Split complementary#87032D, #875D03

Tetradic#5D0387, #871B03, #2D8703

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5BDEFB

Lighter +30%#29D4FA

Lighter +20%#05C1EB

Lighter +10%#0498B9

Darker −10%#024655

Darker −20%#011D23

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00718A

Less saturated −25%#146476

Channel breakdown

G111

B135

Red3 (1.2%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue190.91°

Saturation (HSL)95.65%

Lightness27.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G 6F · B 87

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