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#040FFA

#040ffa ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#040ffa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.4% cyan, 94% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 237.32°, with 96.85% saturation and 49.8% 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 8.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 0.74.

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Web safe#0000ff
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Relative luminance0.0727

Complementary

  1. #040ffa
  2. #faef04

Split complementary

  1. #040ffa
  2. #fa7404
  3. #8afa04

Analogous

  1. #048afa
  2. #040ffa
  3. #7404fa

Triadic

  1. #040ffa
  2. #fa040f
  3. #0ffa04

Tetradic

  1. #040ffa
  2. #ef04fa
  3. #faef04
  4. #0ffa04

Square

  1. #040ffa
  2. #fa048a
  3. #faef04
  4. #04fa74

Monochromatic

  1. #020663
  2. #030aaf
  3. #040ffa
  4. #4e56fc
  5. #9a9efd

Shades

#040ffa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #040ffa
  2. #040ee1
  3. #030cc8
  4. #030baf
  5. #020996
  6. #02087d
  7. #020664
  8. #01054b
  9. #010332
  10. #000219
  11. #000000

Tints

#040ffa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #040ffa
  2. #1d27fb
  3. #363ffb
  4. #4f57fc
  5. #686ffc
  6. #8287fd
  7. #9b9ffd
  8. #b4b7fe
  9. #cdcffe
  10. #e6e7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#040ffa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #040ffa
  2. #101aee
  3. #1d26e2
  4. #2931d5
  5. #363cc9
  6. #4248bd
  7. #4e53b1
  8. #5b5ea5
  9. #676998
  10. #74758c
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #4c4c4c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3b3caf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0059ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003ef7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006a93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0046fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0031f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0054c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-040ffa {
  color: #040ffa;
}
Background
.bg-040ffa {
  background-color: #040ffa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-040ffa {
  border: 2px solid #040ffa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #040ffa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 15 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 97% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-040ffa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #040ffa, #7404fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-040ffa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 15 250 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 0.74 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 2.49 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 4.17 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 6.23 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.08 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 9.06 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 10.29 #fbf005 Inverted #4c4c4c Grayscale 

Blue
#040ffa  rgb(4, 15, 250)  hsl(237, 97%, 50%)  Blue
#faef04  rgb(250, 239, 4)  hsl(57, 97%, 50%)  Aureolin
#fa040f  rgb(250, 4, 15)  hsl(357, 97%, 50%)  Red
#0ffa04  rgb(15, 250, 4)  hsl(117, 97%, 50%)  Lime