Information about #035696 color

#035696 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #035696 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Full Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(3, 86, 150) — 1.2% red, 33.7% green, 58.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 58 / 25 / 0 / 41. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength steel-blue azure, #035696 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Medium Electric Blue (#035096). Slightly further away sit Dodgers Blue (#005A9C) and USAFA Blue (#004F98).

In RGB terms — rgb(3, 86, 150) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 7.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #035696 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#035696 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#035696 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #035696

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#035696
  • RGB3, 86, 150
  • CMYK58, 25, 0, 41
  • CSSrgb(3, 86, 150)
  • HSL206°, 96%, 30%
  • HSL Precise206.122°, 96.078%, 30%
  • HSV206°, 98%, 59%
  • HSB206°, 98%, 59%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.012
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.337
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.588
  • GLSLvec3(0.012, 0.337, 0.588)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.012, 0.337, 0.588, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.012, 0.337, 0.588)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB1.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB33.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB58.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID035696
  • DECIMAL ID218774
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01