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#400FCA

#400fca ≈ Medium Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#400fca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 5.88% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.32% cyan, 92.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 255.72°, with 86.18% saturation and 42.55% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 3.47.

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Relative luminance0.057

Complementary

  1. #400fca
  2. #99ca0f

Split complementary

  1. #400fca
  2. #ca9e0f
  3. #3cca0f

Analogous

  1. #0f3cca
  2. #400fca
  3. #9e0fca

Triadic

  1. #400fca
  2. #ca400f
  3. #0fca40

Tetradic

  1. #400fca
  2. #ca0f99
  3. #99ca0f
  4. #0fca40

Square

  1. #400fca
  2. #ca0f3c
  3. #99ca0f
  4. #0fca9e

Monochromatic

  1. #13043c
  2. #290a83
  3. #400fca
  4. #6635f0
  5. #9c7df5

Shades

#400fca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #400fca
  2. #3a0eb6
  3. #330ca2
  4. #2d0b8d
  5. #260979
  6. #200865
  7. #1a0651
  8. #13053d
  9. #0d0328
  10. #060214
  11. #000000

Tints

#400fca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #400fca
  2. #5327cf
  3. #663fd5
  4. #7957da
  5. #8c6fdf
  6. #a087e5
  7. #b39fea
  8. #c6b7ef
  9. #d9cff4
  10. #ece7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#400fca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #400fca
  2. #461ac3
  3. #4d26bb
  4. #5331b4
  5. #5a3cac
  6. #6048a5
  7. #66539e
  8. #6d5e96
  9. #73698f
  10. #7a7587
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #434343 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #42358e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004acf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003cc7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005477 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003acd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0030c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00429f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-400fca {
  color: #400fca;
}
Background
.bg-400fca {
  background-color: #400fca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-400fca {
  border: 2px solid #400fca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #400fca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 15 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 86% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-400fca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #400fca, #9e0fca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-400fca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 15 202 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 3.47 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.69 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 6.20 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 6.43 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 7.03 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.39 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 9.13 #bff035 Inverted #434343 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#400fca  rgb(64, 15, 202)  hsl(256, 86%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#99ca0f  rgb(153, 202, 15)  hsl(76, 86%, 43%)  Yellow Green
#ca400f  rgb(202, 64, 15)  hsl(16, 86%, 43%)  Sinopia
#0fca40  rgb(15, 202, 64)  hsl(136, 86%, 43%)  Lime Green