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#040AE3

#040ae3 ≈ Medium Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#040ae3 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 3.92% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.24% cyan, 95.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 238.39°, with 96.54% saturation and 45.29% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 3.18.

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Web safe#0000cc
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Relative luminance0.0579

Complementary

  1. #040ae3
  2. #e3dd04

Split complementary

  1. #040ae3
  2. #e36e04
  3. #79e304

Analogous

  1. #0479e3
  2. #040ae3
  3. #6e04e3

Triadic

  1. #040ae3
  2. #e3040a
  3. #0ae304

Tetradic

  1. #040ae3
  2. #dd04e3
  3. #e3dd04
  4. #0ae304

Square

  1. #040ae3
  2. #e30479
  3. #e3dd04
  4. #04e36e

Monochromatic

  1. #01034d
  2. #030798
  3. #040ae3
  4. #383dfb
  5. #8386fd

Shades

#040ae3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #040ae3
  2. #0409cc
  3. #0308b6
  4. #03079f
  5. #020688
  6. #020572
  7. #02045b
  8. #010344
  9. #01022d
  10. #000117
  11. #000000

Tints

#040ae3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #040ae3
  2. #1d23e6
  3. #363be9
  4. #4f54eb
  5. #686cee
  6. #8285f1
  7. #9b9df4
  8. #b4b6f7
  9. #cdcef9
  10. #e6e7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#040ae3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #040ae3
  2. #1016d9
  3. #1d22cf
  4. #292dc5
  5. #3639bb
  6. #4245b2
  7. #4e51a8
  8. #5b5d9e
  9. #676894
  10. #74748a
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #444444 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #35359e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004fe8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0037e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006085 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003ee6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002be1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004bb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-040ae3 {
  color: #040ae3;
}
Background
.bg-040ae3 {
  background-color: #040ae3;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-040ae3 {
  border: 2px solid #040ae3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #040ae3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 10 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 97% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-040ae3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #040ae3, #6e04e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-040ae3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 10 227 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 3.18 #0000ff Blue ΔE 3.28 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 4.93 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.48 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 7.37 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.37 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 9.18 #fbf51c Inverted #444444 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#040ae3  rgb(4, 10, 227)  hsl(238, 97%, 45%)  Medium Blue
#e3dd04  rgb(227, 221, 4)  hsl(58, 97%, 45%)  Titanium Yellow
#e3040a  rgb(227, 4, 10)  hsl(358, 97%, 45%)  Lust
#0ae304  rgb(10, 227, 4)  hsl(118, 97%, 45%)  Malachite