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#040AE9

#040ae9 ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#040ae9 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 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.28% cyan, 95.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 238.43°, with 96.62% saturation and 46.47% 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 9.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 2.53.

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Web safe#0000ff
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Relative luminance0.0613

Complementary

  1. #040ae9
  2. #e9e304

Split complementary

  1. #040ae9
  2. #e97104
  3. #7ce904

Analogous

  1. #047ce9
  2. #040ae9
  3. #7104e9

Triadic

  1. #040ae9
  2. #e9040a
  3. #0ae904

Tetradic

  1. #040ae9
  2. #e304e9
  3. #e9e304
  4. #0ae904

Square

  1. #040ae9
  2. #e9047c
  3. #e9e304
  4. #04e971

Monochromatic

  1. #010453
  2. #03079e
  3. #040ae9
  4. #3e43fc
  5. #898cfd

Shades

#040ae9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #040ae9
  2. #0409d2
  3. #0308ba
  4. #0307a3
  5. #02068c
  6. #020575
  7. #02045d
  8. #010346
  9. #01022f
  10. #000117
  11. #000000

Tints

#040ae9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #040ae9
  2. #1d23eb
  3. #363bed
  4. #4f54f0
  5. #686cf2
  6. #8285f4
  7. #9b9df6
  8. #b4b6f8
  9. #cdcefb
  10. #e6e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#040ae9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #040ae9
  2. #1016df
  3. #1d22d4
  4. #292dca
  5. #3639bf
  6. #4245b5
  7. #4e51aa
  8. #5b5da0
  9. #676895
  10. #74748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #464646 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3637a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0052ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0039e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006289 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0040ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002de7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004db7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-040ae9 {
  color: #040ae9;
}
Background
.bg-040ae9 {
  background-color: #040ae9;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-040ae9 {
  border: 2px solid #040ae9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #040ae9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 10 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 97% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-040ae9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #040ae9, #7104e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-040ae9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 10 233 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 2.53 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 3.92 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 4.25 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 5.85 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 8.10 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.52 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.61 #fbf516 Inverted #464646 Grayscale 

Blue
#040ae9  rgb(4, 10, 233)  hsl(238, 97%, 46%)  Blue
#e9e304  rgb(233, 227, 4)  hsl(58, 97%, 46%)  Titanium Yellow
#e9040a  rgb(233, 4, 10)  hsl(358, 97%, 46%)  Lust
#0ae904  rgb(10, 233, 4)  hsl(118, 97%, 46%)  Lime