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Recognised as Colour

#36B5FD

  • #36B5FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#36B5FD is a blue with RGB values 54, 181, 253 and HSL 202°, 98%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#36B5FD#36B5FD
HEX#36B5FD
RGBrgb(54, 181, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.7098, 0.9922
RGB percentages21.2%, 71%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(201.7, 98%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.7, 78.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK78.7%, 28.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,585,533
CSS custom property--colour: #36B5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#C94A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93B6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#78A3FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.3Light skyblue · ΔE 19.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.8Sky blue · ΔE 26Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD7E36
Analogous#36FDE1, #3652FD
Triadic#FD36B5, #B5FD36
Split complementary#FD3652, #FDE136
Tetradic#E136FD, #FD7E36, #52FD36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CDEDFF
Lighter +20%#9BDAFE
Lighter +10%#68C8FE
Darker −10%#04A2FC
Darker −20%#0282CB
Darker −30%#026298
Darker −40%#014166
More saturated +25%#34B6FF
Less saturated −25%#4FAEE4

Channel breakdown

R54
G181
B253
Red54 (21.2%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue201.71°
Saturation (HSL)98.03%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 36 · G B5 · B FD

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