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#040CED

#040ced ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#040ced is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 4.71% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.31% cyan, 94.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 237.94°, with 96.68% saturation and 47.25% 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 9.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 2.01.

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Web safe#0000ff
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Relative luminance0.064

Complementary

  1. #040ced
  2. #ede504

Split complementary

  1. #040ced
  2. #ed7004
  3. #80ed04

Analogous

  1. #0480ed
  2. #040ced
  3. #7004ed

Triadic

  1. #040ced
  2. #ed040c
  3. #0ced04

Tetradic

  1. #040ced
  2. #e504ed
  3. #ede504
  4. #0ced04

Square

  1. #040ced
  2. #ed0480
  3. #ede504
  4. #04ed70

Monochromatic

  1. #010457
  2. #0308a2
  3. #040ced
  4. #4248fc
  5. #8d91fd

Shades

#040ced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #040ced
  2. #040bd5
  3. #030abe
  4. #0308a6
  5. #02078e
  6. #020677
  7. #02055f
  8. #010447
  9. #01022f
  10. #000118
  11. #000000

Tints

#040ced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #040ced
  2. #1d24ef
  3. #363df1
  4. #4f55f2
  5. #686df4
  6. #8286f6
  7. #9b9ef8
  8. #b4b6fa
  9. #cdcefb
  10. #e6e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#040ced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #040ced
  2. #1018e2
  3. #1d23d7
  4. #292fcc
  5. #363ac1
  6. #4246b7
  7. #4e52ac
  8. #5b5da1
  9. #676996
  10. #74748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #484848 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3838a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0053f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003aea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00648b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0042f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002eeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004fbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-040ced {
  color: #040ced;
}
Background
.bg-040ced {
  background-color: #040ced;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-040ced {
  border: 2px solid #040ced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #040ced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 12 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-040ced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #040ced, #7004ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-040ced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 12 237 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 2.01 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 3.77 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.49 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 5.40 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.21 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.57 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 8.63 #fbf312 Inverted #484848 Grayscale 

Blue
#040ced  rgb(4, 12, 237)  hsl(238, 97%, 47%)  Blue
#ede504  rgb(237, 229, 4)  hsl(58, 97%, 47%)  Titanium Yellow
#ed040c  rgb(237, 4, 12)  hsl(358, 97%, 47%)  Lust
#0ced04  rgb(12, 237, 4)  hsl(118, 97%, 47%)  Lime