Colour

#040A08

#040A08
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#040A08 is a cyan with RGB values 4, 10, 8 and HSL 160°, 43%, 3%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#040A08#040A08

HEX#040A08

RGBrgb(4, 10, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.0392, 0.0314

RGB percentages1.6%, 3.9%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(160, 42.9%, 2.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(160, 60%, 3.9%)

CMYK60%, 0%, 20%, 96.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer264,712

CSS custom property--colour: #040A08;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness8.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.96:1

Contrast with white19.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#090909

Inverted#FBF5F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#090908no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#080808no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#030A09no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.8 Dim grey · ΔE 42.1 Gray · ΔE 51.3 Slate grey · ΔE 51.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 52.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 3, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0A0406

Analogous#040A05, #04090A

Triadic#08040A, #0A0804

Split complementary#0A0409, #0A0504

Tetradic#05040A, #0A0406, #090A04

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#3E9C7D

Lighter +30%#30775F

Lighter +20%#215342

Lighter +10%#132E25

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#020C09

Less saturated −25%#060807

Channel breakdown

G10

Red4 (1.6%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue160°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness2.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 04 · G 0A · B 08

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