Recognised as Colour

#040CCD

#040CCD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#040CCD is a blue with RGB values 4, 12, 205 and HSL 238°, 96%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#040CCD#040CCD

HEX#040CCD

RGBrgb(4, 12, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.0471, 0.8039

RGB percentages1.6%, 4.7%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(237.6, 96.2%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(237.6, 98%, 80.4%)

CMYK98%, 94.1%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer265,421

CSS custom property--colour: #040CCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.83:1

Contrast with white10.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#FBF332

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0047D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0032CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Tritanopia#005678no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 3 Blue violet · ΔE 22.9 Blue · ΔE 23.8 Dark violet · ΔE 26.6 Dark blue · ΔE 28 Navy · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 2.98, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CDC504

Analogous#0470CD, #6104CD

Triadic#CD040C, #0CCD04

Split complementary#CD6104, #70CD04

Tetradic#CD0470, #CDC504, #04CD61

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A0A4FD

Lighter +30%#6E73FC

Lighter +20%#3C43FB

Lighter +10%#0A13FA

Darker −10%#03099B

Darker −20%#020669

Darker −30%#010337

Darker −40%#000005

More saturated +25%#0008D1

Less saturated −25%#1E24B3

Channel breakdown

G12

B205

Red4 (1.6%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue237.61°

Saturation (HSL)96.17%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 04 · G 0C · B CD

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