Recognised as Colour

#040708

#040708
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#040708 is a cyan with RGB values 4, 7, 8 and HSL 195°, 33%, 2%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#040708#040708

HEX#040708

RGBrgb(4, 7, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.0275, 0.0314

RGB percentages1.6%, 2.7%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(195, 33.3%, 2.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195, 50%, 3.1%)

CMYK50%, 12.5%, 0%, 96.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer263,944

CSS custom property--colour: #040708;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness6.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.21:1

Contrast with white20.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#060606

Inverted#FBF8F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#060708no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#060608no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#030707no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.7 Dim grey · ΔE 42.7 Gray · ΔE 51.8 Slate grey · ΔE 52 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 54.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 1.99, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#080504

Analogous#040807, #040508

Triadic#080407, #070804

Split complementary#080405, #080704

Tetradic#070408, #080504, #050804

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#487E90

Lighter +30%#37606E

Lighter +20%#26424C

Lighter +10%#15252A

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#02080A

Less saturated −25%#060606

Channel breakdown

Red4 (1.6%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue195°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness2.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 04 · G 07 · B 08

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