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#040FF6

#040ff6 ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#040ff6 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 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.37% cyan, 93.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 237.27°, with 96.8% saturation and 49.02% 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 8.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 1.

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Web safe#0000ff
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Relative luminance0.0702

Complementary

  1. #040ff6
  2. #f6eb04

Split complementary

  1. #040ff6
  2. #f67204
  3. #88f604

Analogous

  1. #0488f6
  2. #040ff6
  3. #7204f6

Triadic

  1. #040ff6
  2. #f6040f
  3. #0ff604

Tetradic

  1. #040ff6
  2. #eb04f6
  3. #f6eb04
  4. #0ff604

Square

  1. #040ff6
  2. #f60488
  3. #f6eb04
  4. #04f672

Monochromatic

  1. #02065f
  2. #030aab
  3. #040ff6
  4. #4a53fc
  5. #969afd

Shades

#040ff6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #040ff6
  2. #040edd
  3. #030cc5
  4. #030bac
  5. #020994
  6. #02087b
  7. #020662
  8. #01054a
  9. #010331
  10. #000219
  11. #000000

Tints

#040ff6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #040ff6
  2. #1d27f7
  3. #363ff8
  4. #4f57f9
  5. #686ffa
  6. #8287fb
  7. #9b9ffb
  8. #b4b7fc
  9. #cdcffd
  10. #e6e7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#040ff6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #040ff6
  2. #101aea
  3. #1d26de
  4. #2931d3
  5. #363cc7
  6. #4248bb
  7. #4e53af
  8. #5b5ea3
  9. #676998
  10. #74758c
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #4b4b4b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3a3bac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0057fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003df3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006991 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0045f9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0031f4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0053c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-040ff6 {
  color: #040ff6;
}
Background
.bg-040ff6 {
  background-color: #040ff6;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-040ff6 {
  border: 2px solid #040ff6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #040ff6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 15 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 97% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-040ff6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #040ff6, #7204f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-040ff6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 15 246 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 1.00 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 2.82 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 4.49 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 5.73 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.39 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.84 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 9.80 #fbf009 Inverted #4b4b4b Grayscale 

Blue
#040ff6  rgb(4, 15, 246)  hsl(237, 97%, 49%)  Blue
#f6eb04  rgb(246, 235, 4)  hsl(57, 97%, 49%)  Aureolin
#f6040f  rgb(246, 4, 15)  hsl(357, 97%, 49%)  Red
#0ff604  rgb(15, 246, 4)  hsl(117, 97%, 49%)  Lime