Colour

#040E0C

#040E0C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#040E0C is a cyan with RGB values 4, 14, 12 and HSL 168°, 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

#040E0C#040E0C

HEX#040E0C

RGBrgb(4, 14, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.0549, 0.0471

RGB percentages1.6%, 5.5%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(168, 55.6%, 3.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168, 71.4%, 5.5%)

CMYK71.4%, 0%, 14.3%, 94.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer265,740

CSS custom property--colour: #040E0C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness11.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.57:1

Contrast with white19.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#0C0C0C

Inverted#FBF1F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0D0D0Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0B0B0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#020E0Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 4.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.5 Dim grey · ΔE 41.2 Gray · ΔE 50.4 Slate grey · ΔE 50.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 52

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 4.51, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E0406

Analogous#040E07, #040B0E

Triadic#0C040E, #0E0C04

Split complementary#0E040B, #0E0704

Tetradic#07040E, #0E0406, #0B0E04

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#31AD94

Lighter +30%#268572

Lighter +20%#1B5D50

Lighter +10%#0F362E

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#02100D

Less saturated −25%#060C0B

Channel breakdown

G14

B12

Red4 (1.6%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue168°

Saturation (HSL)55.56%

Lightness3.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 04 · G 0E · B 0C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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