All About Color #4000FF

#4000FF

About #4000FF

#4000FF is a medium purple color with the hex code #4000FF. In RGB it is red 64, green 0, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 255°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 75%, 100%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 7.89:1 on white and 2.66:1 on black.

#4000FF Color Conversion

Hex triplet40, 00, FF
CMYK74.90%, 100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal64, 0, 255
HSL255°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal100, 0, 377
HSV (HSB)255.06°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary1000000, 0, 11111111
CIE-L*AB34.62, 80.02, -103.93
RGB Percent25.10%, 0.00%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH34.62, 131.17, 307.59
XYZ20.16, 8.31, 95.15
CIE-L*UV34.62, -4.67, -132.54
xyY0.16, 0.07, 8.31
Hunter-Lab28.83, 74.41, -175.52
RYB25.10%, 0.00%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#4000FF on a dark background: contrast 2.66:1, fails WCAG AA.
#4000FF on a light background: contrast 7.89:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #4000FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #4000FF. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#4000FF · #855CFF · #2900A3 · #BFFF00 · #D6FF5C

Analogous palette

#00BFFF · #0040FF · #4000FF · #BF00FF · #FF00BF

Triadic palette

#4000FF · #FF4000 · #00FF40 · #855CFF · #FF855C

Tetradic palette

#4000FF · #FF0040 · #BFFF00 · #00FFBF · #2900A3

Monochromatic palette

#1A0066 · #2D00B3 · #4000FF · #794DFF · #B399FF

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