Colour

#036FFF

#036FFF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#036FFF is a blue with RGB values 3, 111, 255 and HSL 214°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#036FFF#036FFF

HEX#036FFF

RGBrgb(3, 111, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.4353, 1

RGB percentages1.2%, 43.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(214.3, 100%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(214.3, 98.8%, 100%)

CMYK98.8%, 56.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer225,279

CSS custom property--colour: #036FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18608WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#626262

Inverted#FC9000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0082FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#006EFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#0094ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 13.6 Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.3 Slate blue · ΔE 22 Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.2 Medium purple · ΔE 29.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 37.2

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 13.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF9303

Analogous#03EDFF, #1503FF

Triadic#FF036F, #6FFF03

Split complementary#FF1503, #EDFF03

Tetradic#FF03ED, #FF9303, #03FF15

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFE4FF

Lighter +30%#9CC6FF

Lighter +20%#69A9FF

Lighter +10%#368CFF

Darker −10%#0059CF

Darker −20%#00439C

Darker −30%#002D69

Darker −40%#001736

More saturated +25%#036FFF

Less saturated −25%#2273E0

Channel breakdown

G111

B255

Red3 (1.2%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue214.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G 6F · B FF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#036FFF

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else