Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #03488d, its pure hue is 210.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 95.8%, and its lightness is 28.2%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #03488d, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #000912 to #033f7b.
The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #03488d. In RGB, it consists of 1.2% Red, 28.2% Green, and 55.3% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 97.9% Cyan, 48.9% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 44.7% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 210.0°, with saturation of 95.8% and lightness of 28.2%. The decimal value for #03488d is 215181, and its nearest "web safe" color is #003399. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #03488d is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is cyan. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
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Tints of #03488d
Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #03488d, its pure hue is 210.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 95.8%, and its lightness is 28.2%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #03488d, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #235f9b to #e0e8f1.
Tones of #03488d
Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #03488d, its pure hue is 210.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 95.8%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #03488d, which range from #484848 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #004890 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).
Variations of #03488d
There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #03488d! For #03488d, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #03488d. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!
Color Coordinates of #03488d
This color, #03488d, consists of 1.2% Red, 28.2% Green, and 55.3% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 3, Green = 72, Blue = 141. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #03488d is 97.9% Cyan, 48.9% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 44.7% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.
Color Base | R (Red) | G (Green) | B (Blue) |
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Decimal | 3 | 72 | 141 |
Octal | 3 | 110 | 215 |
Hexa | #03 | #48 | #8d |
Binary | 00000011 | 01001000 | 10001101 |
Color Base | C (Cyan) | M (Magenta) | Y (Yellow) | Y (Black) |
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Decimal | 97 | 48 | 0 | 44 |
Octal | 141 | 60 | 0 | 54 |
Hexa | #61 | #30 | #00 | #2c |
Binary | 01100001 | 00110000 | 00000000 | 00101100 |
Analogous Colors of #03488d
Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #03488d — which has hue 210.0° — its analogous colors are located at 180.0° and 240.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #03488d.
Triadic Colors of #03488d
Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #03488d — which has hue 210.0° — its triadic colors are located at 90.0° and 330.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #03488d.
Complementary Color of #03488d
A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #03488d — which has hue 210.0° — its complementary color is located at 30.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #03488d.
Split Complementary Colors of #03488d
Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #03488d — which has hue 210.0° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 0.0° and 210.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #03488d.
Tetradic Colors of #03488d
Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #03488d — which has hue 210.0° — its tetradic colors are located at 120.0°, 210.0°, 300.0°, and 30.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #03488d.
Monochromatic Colors of #03488d
Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #03488d, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #022446 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #026cd6 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).
HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #03488d
We want to make getting started with #03488d on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #03488d into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #03488d can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span>
and <div>
tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #03488d with other HTML elements.
#03488d Foreground / Text Color
<span style="color: #03488d;">The color of this text is #03488d.</span>
#03488d Background Color
<div style="background-color: #03488d; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #03488d.</div>
#03488d Text Shadow Color
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #03488d;">This color for the shadow of this text is #03488d.</span>
#03488d Border Color
<div style="border: #03488d 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #03488d.</div>
#03488d Color Rectangle on a White Background
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #03488d; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #03488d on a white background.</div></div>
#03488d Color Rectangle on a Black Background
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #03488d; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #03488d on a black background.</div></div>
Gradient from #03488d to White
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#03488d,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#03488d,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#03488d,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#03488d,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #03488d to white.</div>
Gradient from #03488d to Black
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#03488d,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#03488d,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#03488d,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#03488d,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #03488d to black.</div>
Coding & Programming with #03488d
In addition to using #03488d on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #03488d in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #03488d, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 3, Green = 72, Blue = 141). If you need details about the color coordinates of #03488d in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.
Language | Environment | Code Snippet |
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HTML + CSS (Hex Code) | Web | #03488d |
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) | Web | rgb(3, 72, 141) |
CSS Background Color | Web | .myclass { background-color: #03488d; } |
CSS Foreground + Text Color | Web | .myclass { color: #03488d; } |
CSS Border Color | Web | .myclass { border: 2px solid #03488d; } |
Java | (Multi-platform) | new Color(3, 72, 141); |
Python | (Multi-platform) | Color("#03488d") |
Swift | iOS | UIColor(red:3, green:72, blue:141, alpha:1.0000) |
Objective-C (iOS) | iOS | [UIColor colorWithRed:3 green:72 blue:141 alpha:1.0000]; |
OpenGL | (Graphics) | glColor3f(3f, 72f, 141f); |
C# / .NET | Windows | Color.FromArgb(3, 72, 141); |
#03488d Color Blindness
Not everyone can see #03488d the same way. For those with color blindness, #03488d might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #03488d looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #03488d is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #03488d looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #03488d will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!
Trichromacy
Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women
Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women
Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000
Dichromacy
Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men
Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men
Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000
Accessibility Recommended
We analyzed whether #03488d is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 9.1:1 against white. This is a high enough ratio to be considered accessible under both the AA and AAA level standards for either normal size or large text.