Recognised as Colour

#400FF3

#400FF3
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#400FF3 is a blue with RGB values 64, 15, 243 and HSL 253°, 90%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#400FF3#400FF3

HEX#400FF3

RGBrgb(64, 15, 243)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.0588, 0.9529

RGB percentages25.1%, 5.9%, 95.3%

HSLhsl(252.9, 90.5%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(252.9, 93.8%, 95.3%)

CMYK73.7%, 93.8%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,198,387

CSS custom property--colour: #400FF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07903WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.14:1

Contrast with white8.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#BFF00C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0058F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0045F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00668Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 109.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 10.3 Medium blue · ΔE 13.7 Blue violet · ΔE 25.8 Dark violet · ΔE 28.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 40.9 Dark blue · ΔE 43.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 10.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C2F30F

Analogous#0F50F3, #B20FF3

Triadic#F3400F, #0FF340

Split complementary#F3B20F, #50F30F

Tetradic#F30F50, #C2F30F, #0FF3B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBD1FD

Lighter +30%#B4A1FA

Lighter +20%#8D70F8

Lighter +10%#6740F5

Darker −10%#320AC5

Darker −20%#260795

Darker −30%#190564

Darker −40%#0D0333

More saturated +25%#3903FF

Less saturated −25%#522FD3

Channel breakdown

R64

G15

B243

Red64 (25.1%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue243 (95.3%)

Hue252.89°

Saturation (HSL)90.48%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 0F · B F3

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