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#040FD9

#040fd9 ≈ Medium Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#040fd9 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 5.88% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.16% cyan, 93.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 236.9°, with 96.38% saturation and 43.33% 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 10.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 2.23.

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Web safe#0000cc
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Relative luminance0.0538

Complementary

  1. #040fd9
  2. #d9ce04

Split complementary

  1. #040fd9
  2. #d96304
  3. #79d904

Analogous

  1. #0479d9
  2. #040fd9
  3. #6304d9

Triadic

  1. #040fd9
  2. #d9040f
  3. #0fd904

Tetradic

  1. #040fd9
  2. #ce04d9
  3. #d9ce04
  4. #0fd904

Square

  1. #040fd9
  2. #d90479
  3. #d9ce04
  4. #04d963

Monochromatic

  1. #010543
  2. #030a8e
  3. #040fd9
  4. #2e39fb
  5. #7980fd

Shades

#040fd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #040fd9
  2. #040ec3
  3. #030cae
  4. #030b98
  5. #020982
  6. #02086d
  7. #020657
  8. #010541
  9. #01032b
  10. #000216
  11. #000000

Tints

#040fd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #040fd9
  2. #1d27dd
  3. #363fe1
  4. #4f57e4
  5. #686fe8
  6. #8287ec
  7. #9b9ff0
  8. #b4b7f4
  9. #cdcff7
  10. #e6e7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#040fd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #040fd9
  2. #101ad0
  3. #1d26c7
  4. #2931be
  5. #363cb5
  6. #4248ad
  7. #4e53a4
  8. #5b5e9b
  9. #676992
  10. #747589
  11. #808080

Readable text 10.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #424242 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #333497 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004cde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0036d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005c80 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003cdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002bd7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0049ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-040fd9 {
  color: #040fd9;
}
Background
.bg-040fd9 {
  background-color: #040fd9;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-040fd9 {
  border: 2px solid #040fd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #040fd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 15 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 96% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-040fd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #040fd9, #6304d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-040fd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 15 217 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 2.23 #0000ff Blue ΔE 4.43 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 5.99 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 6.21 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 7.39 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 7.91 #1034a6 Egyptian Blue ΔE 9.00 #fbf026 Inverted #424242 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#040fd9  rgb(4, 15, 217)  hsl(237, 96%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#d9ce04  rgb(217, 206, 4)  hsl(57, 96%, 43%)  Citrine
#d9040f  rgb(217, 4, 15)  hsl(357, 96%, 43%)  Rosso Corsa
#0fd904  rgb(15, 217, 4)  hsl(117, 96%, 43%)  Lime Green