Recognised as Colour

#040910

#040910
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#040910 is a blue with RGB values 4, 9, 16 and HSL 215°, 60%, 4%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#040910#040910

HEX#040910

RGBrgb(4, 9, 16)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.0353, 0.0627

RGB percentages1.6%, 3.5%, 6.3%

HSLhsl(215, 60%, 3.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215, 75%, 6.3%)

CMYK75%, 43.8%, 0%, 93.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer264,464

CSS custom property--colour: #040910;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.97:1

Contrast with white19.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#080808

Inverted#FBF6EF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#070910no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#050810no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#010B0Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 4.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.1 Dim grey · ΔE 42.2 Slate grey · ΔE 51 Gray · ΔE 51.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 54.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 4.22, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#100B04

Analogous#040F10, #050410

Triadic#100409, #091004

Split complementary#100504, #0F1004

Tetradic#10040F, #100B04, #041005

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2D65B3

Lighter +30%#234E8A

Lighter +20%#183762

Lighter +10%#0E2039

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#020912

Less saturated −25%#06090E

Channel breakdown

B16

Red4 (1.6%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue16 (6.3%)

Hue215°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness3.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 04 · G 09 · B 10

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