Recognised as Colour

#040077

#040077
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Navy

#040077 is a blue with RGB values 4, 0, 119 and HSL 242°, 100%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#040077#040077

HEX#040077

RGBrgb(4, 0, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0, 0.4667

RGB percentages1.6%, 0%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(242, 100%, 23.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(242, 100%, 46.7%)

CMYK96.6%, 100%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer262,263

CSS custom property--colour: #040077;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness40.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.52:1

Contrast with white16.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#090909

Inverted#FBFF88

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00257Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#001875no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Tritanopia#002E43no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text16.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 4.5 Dark blue · ΔE 9.7 Indigo · ΔE 13.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 18.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 4.5, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#737700

Analogous#003777, #400077

Triadic#770400, #007704

Split complementary#773F00, #387700

Tetradic#770037, #737700, #007740

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#4A44FF

Lighter +30%#1911FF

Lighter +20%#0700DD

Lighter +10%#0600AA

Darker −10%#020044

Darker −20%#010011

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#040077

Less saturated −25%#120F68

Channel breakdown

B119

Red4 (1.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue242.02°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 04 · G 00 · B 77

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