Colour

#040A14

#040A14
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#040A14 is a blue with RGB values 4, 10, 20 and HSL 218°, 67%, 5%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#040A14#040A14

HEX#040A14

RGBrgb(4, 10, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.0392, 0.0784

RGB percentages1.6%, 3.9%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(217.5, 66.7%, 4.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.5, 80%, 7.8%)

CMYK80%, 50%, 0%, 92.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer264,724

CSS custom property--colour: #040A14;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness10.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.84:1

Contrast with white19.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#090909

Inverted#FBF5EB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#060B14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#050914no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#000C0Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 6.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.1 Dim grey · ΔE 42.1 Slate grey · ΔE 50.5 Gray · ΔE 51.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 52.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 6.1, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#140E04

Analogous#041214, #060414

Triadic#14040A, #0A1404

Split complementary#140604, #121404

Tetradic#140412, #140E04, #041406

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#265FBE

Lighter +30%#1E4A93

Lighter +20%#153569

Lighter +10%#0D1F3F

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#010917

Less saturated −25%#070B11

Channel breakdown

G10

B20

Red4 (1.6%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue217.5°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness4.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 04 · G 0A · B 14

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