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Recognised as Colour

#040062

  • #040062
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#040062 is a blue with RGB values 4, 0, 98 and HSL 242°, 100%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#040062#040062
HEX#040062
RGBrgb(4, 0, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0, 0.3843
RGB percentages1.6%, 0%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(242.4, 100%, 19.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.4, 100%, 38.4%)
CMYK95.9%, 100%, 0%, 61.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer262,242
CSS custom property--colour: #040062;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness33.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.77:1
Contrast with white17.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#080808
Inverted#FBFF9D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001D64no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#001261no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#002436no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.4Navy · ΔE 14.9Indigo · ΔE 17.4Dark blue · ΔE 20.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E6200
Analogous#002D62, #350062
Triadic#620400, #006204
Split complementary#623500, #2D6200
Tetradic#62002D, #5E6200, #006235

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#372FFF
Lighter +30%#0A00FB
Lighter +20%#0800C8
Lighter +10%#060095
Darker −10%#02002F
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#040062
Less saturated −25%#0F0C56

Channel breakdown

R4
G0
B98
Red4 (1.6%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue242.45°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness19.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 04 · G 00 · B 62

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