All About Color #040E48

#040E48

About #040E48

#040E48 is a very dark blue color with the hex code #040E48. In RGB it is red 4, green 14, blue 72; in HSL it is hue 231°, saturation 89%, lightness 15%; in CMYK it is 94%, 81%, 0%, 72%. Its contrast ratio is 18.08:1 on white and 1.16:1 on black.

#040E48 Color Conversion

Hex triplet04, 0E, 48
CMYK94.44%, 80.56%, 0.00%, 71.76%
RGB Decimal4, 14, 72
HSL231°, 89%, 15%
RGB Octal4, 16, 110
HSV (HSB)231.18°, 94.44%, 28.24%
RGB Binary100, 1110, 1001000
CIE-L*AB7.30, 21.47, -36.84
RGB Percent1.57%, 5.49%, 28.24%
CIE-L*CH7.30, 42.64, 300.23
XYZ1.38, 0.81, 6.21
CIE-L*UV7.30, -2.51, -22.96
xyY0.16, 0.10, 0.81
Hunter-Lab8.99, 11.62, -34.70
RYB1.57%, 4.99%, 28.24%

Color Accessibility Scores

#040E48 on a dark background: contrast 1.16:1, fails WCAG AA.
#040E48 on a light background: contrast 18.08:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #040E48, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#040E48 · #09209F · #010518 · #483E04 · #9F8909

Analogous palette

#04483E · #043048 · #040E48 · #1C0448 · #3E0448

Triadic palette

#040E48 · #48040E · #0E4804 · #09209F · #9F0920

Tetradic palette

#040E48 · #480430 · #483E04 · #04481C · #010518

Monochromatic palette

#010518 · #010518 · #040E48 · #081D91 · #0D2BD9

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