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Recognised as Colour

#400FFC

  • #400FFC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#400FFC is a blue with RGB values 64, 15, 252 and HSL 252°, 98%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#400FFC#400FFC
HEX#400FFC
RGBrgb(64, 15, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.0588, 0.9882
RGB percentages25.1%, 5.9%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(252.4, 97.5%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.4, 94%, 98.8%)
CMYK74.6%, 94%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,198,396
CSS custom property--colour: #400FFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.8:1
Contrast with white7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#BFF003

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0047F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#006A95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 112.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 7Medium blue · ΔE 17.4Blue violet · ΔE 28.9Dark violet · ΔE 31.7Dark orchid · ΔE 44.2Dark blue · ΔE 47.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 6.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBFC0F
Analogous#0F55FC, #B60FFC
Triadic#FC400F, #0FFC40
Split complementary#FCB70F, #54FC0F
Tetradic#FC0F55, #CBFC0F, #0FFCB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0D8FF
Lighter +30%#B8A6FE
Lighter +20%#9074FD
Lighter +10%#6841FD
Darker −10%#2E03D5
Darker −20%#2302A3
Darker −30%#180171
Darker −40%#0D013E
More saturated +25%#3E0CFF
Less saturated −25%#522DDE

Channel breakdown

R64
G15
B252
Red64 (25.1%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue252.41°
Saturation (HSL)97.53%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 40 · G 0F · B FC

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