Colour

#040E0A

#040E0A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#040E0A is a cyan with RGB values 4, 14, 10 and HSL 156°, 56%, 4%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#040E0A#040E0A

HEX#040E0A

RGBrgb(4, 14, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.0549, 0.0392

RGB percentages1.6%, 5.5%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(156, 55.6%, 3.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(156, 71.4%, 5.5%)

CMYK71.4%, 0%, 28.6%, 94.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer265,738

CSS custom property--colour: #040E0A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness11.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.58:1

Contrast with white19.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0C0C0C

Inverted#FBF1F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0D0D0Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0C0B0Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#020E0Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 4.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.5 Dim grey · ΔE 41.3 Gray · ΔE 50.4 Slate grey · ΔE 50.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 51.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 4.74, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E0408

Analogous#040E05, #040D0E

Triadic#0A040E, #0E0A04

Split complementary#0E040D, #0E0504

Tetradic#05040E, #0E0408, #0D0E04

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#31AD7B

Lighter +30%#26855F

Lighter +20%#1B5D43

Lighter +10%#0F3626

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#02100A

Less saturated −25%#060C0A

Channel breakdown

G14

B10

Red4 (1.6%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue156°

Saturation (HSL)55.56%

Lightness3.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 04 · G 0E · B 0A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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