Information about #36687D color

#36687D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#36687D falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(54, 104, 125) — 21.2% red, 40.8% green, 49% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 28 / 8 / 0 / 51. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #36687D reads as a moderately toned steel-blue azure and holds a balanced mid-tone. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Wavelength (#3C6886). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Boomtown (#346672) and Blue Ashes (#3B5F78).

In RGB terms — rgb(54, 104, 125) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #36687D: 6.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for black. #36687D has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#36687D color variations

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

#36687D 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 #36687D

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

Wavelength color link
Wavelength

#3C6886

Boomtown color link
Boomtown

#346672

Blue Ashes color link
Blue Ashes

#3B5F78

Matisse color link
Matisse

#365C7D

Ming color link
Ming

#36747D

Ugly Blue color link
Ugly Blue

#31668A

Vintage Teal color link
Vintage Teal

#3B7577

Calypso color link
Calypso

#3D7188

Teal Blue color link
Teal Blue

#367588

Muse color link
Muse

#2E696D

Blumine color link
Blumine

#305C71

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#36687D
  • RGB54, 104, 125
  • CMYK28, 8, 0, 51
  • CSSrgb(54, 104, 125)
  • HSL198°, 40%, 35%
  • HSL Precise197.746°, 39.665%, 35.098%
  • HSV198°, 57%, 49%
  • HSB198°, 57%, 49%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.212
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.490
  • GLSLvec3(0.212, 0.408, 0.490)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.212, 0.408, 0.490, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.212, 0.408, 0.490)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB21.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB49%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID36687D
  • DECIMAL ID3565693
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01