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#040AE8

#040ae8 ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#040ae8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.28% cyan, 95.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 238.42°, with 96.61% saturation and 46.27% 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 9.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 2.66.

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Web safe#0000ff
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Relative luminance0.0607

Complementary

  1. #040ae8
  2. #e8e204

Split complementary

  1. #040ae8
  2. #e87004
  3. #7ce804

Analogous

  1. #047ce8
  2. #040ae8
  3. #7004e8

Triadic

  1. #040ae8
  2. #e8040a
  3. #0ae804

Tetradic

  1. #040ae8
  2. #e204e8
  3. #e8e204
  4. #0ae804

Square

  1. #040ae8
  2. #e8047c
  3. #e8e204
  4. #04e870

Monochromatic

  1. #010452
  2. #03079d
  3. #040ae8
  4. #3d42fc
  5. #888bfd

Shades

#040ae8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #040ae8
  2. #0409d1
  3. #0308ba
  4. #0307a2
  5. #02068b
  6. #020574
  7. #02045d
  8. #010346
  9. #01022e
  10. #000117
  11. #000000

Tints

#040ae8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #040ae8
  2. #1d23ea
  3. #363bed
  4. #4f54ef
  5. #686cf1
  6. #8285f4
  7. #9b9df6
  8. #b4b6f8
  9. #cdcefa
  10. #e6e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#040ae8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #040ae8
  2. #1016de
  3. #1d22d3
  4. #292dc9
  5. #3639be
  6. #4245b4
  7. #4e51aa
  8. #5b5d9f
  9. #676895
  10. #74748a
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #464646 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3637a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0051ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0039e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006288 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0040eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002ce6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004db7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-040ae8 {
  color: #040ae8;
}
Background
.bg-040ae8 {
  background-color: #040ae8;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-040ae8 {
  border: 2px solid #040ae8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #040ae8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 10 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 97% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-040ae8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #040ae8, #7004e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-040ae8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 10 232 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 2.66 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 3.80 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 4.36 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 5.96 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 7.98 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.50 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.70 #fbf517 Inverted #464646 Grayscale 

Blue
#040ae8  rgb(4, 10, 232)  hsl(238, 97%, 46%)  Blue
#e8e204  rgb(232, 226, 4)  hsl(58, 97%, 46%)  Titanium Yellow
#e8040a  rgb(232, 4, 10)  hsl(358, 97%, 46%)  Lust
#0ae804  rgb(10, 232, 4)  hsl(118, 97%, 46%)  Lime