#3366BB
#3366BB
Blues · #36b is the three-digit shorthand for #3366BB. In CSS the two notations mean the same color.
| HEX | #3366BB |
|---|---|
| RGB | 51, 102, 187 |
| HSL | 218°, 57%, 47% |
| CMYK | 73%, 45%, 0%, 27% |
| Relative luminance | 0.14 |
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Text contrast
Aa
On white
5.59:1 Passes AA
Aa
On black
3.76:1 Below AA
Colours that work with it
Complement
#BC8A34
Analogous
#34AABC#4634BC
Triadic
#BC3466#66BC34
Shade scale
50100200300400500600700800
Seen with colour blindness
ProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
How to read this
- A hex code writes red, green and blue as two hexadecimal digits each. #ff0000 is red at full strength and the others at zero.
- HSL states hue (0–360°), saturation and lightness. Nudging a colour brighter means changing one number, which is why it is easier to work with by hand.
- Text contrast follows WCAG. Body-size text needs 4.5:1 or better, and 21:1 between white and black is the maximum possible.
- The colour-blindness row computes how this colour appears under three types of colour vision deficiency — the reason never to encode information in colour alone.
Frequently asked questions
Q. Are #36b and #3366BB the same color?
Yes. CSS doubles each digit of a three-digit hex, so #36b expands to #3366BB. Only 4,096 colors can be written in three digits, and this is one of them.
Q. What text color works on #3366BB?
White text. Contrast against white is 5.59:1 and against black 3.76:1, so pick the larger one — WCAG asks for 4.5:1 at body size.
Q. Which named color is closest to #3366BB?
Denim. It is not an exact match, so where color matters use the hex code itself rather than the name.