Information about #336C8E color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #336C8E reads as a pleasantly vivid sky-leaning azure and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Ugly Blue (#31668A). Slightly further away sit Optimist (#2B688D) and Thousand Herb Color (#317589).
The recipe behind #336C8E is rgb(51, 108, 142), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #336C8E: 5.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.7:1 for black. No one has named #336C8E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#336C8E color variations
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#336C8E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#336C8E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#336C8E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#336C8E color hues
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#336C8E 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #336C8E color
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Nearest named colors to #336C8E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#31668A
#2B688D
#317589
#367588
#3C6886
#3D7188
#355D90
#436B95
#316EA0
#36747D
#3B719F
#2E5A88
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#336C8E
- RGB51, 108, 142
- CMYK36, 13, 0, 44
- CSSrgb(51, 108, 142)
- HSL202°, 47%, 38%
- HSL Precise202.418°, 47.15%, 37.843%
- HSV202°, 64%, 56%
- HSB202°, 64%, 56%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.200
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.424
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.557
- GLSLvec3(0.200, 0.424, 0.557)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.200, 0.424, 0.557, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.200, 0.424, 0.557)
- Percentage of Red in RGB20%
- Percentage of Green in RGB42.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB55.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID336C8E
- DECIMAL ID3370126
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
