Information about #040FAF color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #040FAF reads as a pure, full-strength deep-sea blue and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Mager Blue (#0514B3). Slightly further away sit Zaffre (#0014A8) and Strong Phthalo Blue (#0015A8).
In RGB terms — rgb(4, 15, 175) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 12.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #040FAF is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#040FAF color variations
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#040FAF color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#040FAF color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#040FAF color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#040FAF color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#040FAF color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #040FAF color
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Nearest named colors to #040FAF
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#0514B3
#0014A8
#0015A8
#0606B7
#0000A8
#0000A3
#0000A0
#1500A8
#00009C
#1C05B3
#111398
#0A1195
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#040FAF
- RGB4, 15, 175
- CMYK67, 63, 0, 31
- CSSrgb(4, 15, 175)
- HSL236°, 96%, 35%
- HSL Precise236.14°, 95.531%, 35.098%
- HSV236°, 98%, 69%
- HSB236°, 98%, 69%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.016
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.059
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.686
- GLSLvec3(0.016, 0.059, 0.686)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.016, 0.059, 0.686, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.016, 0.059, 0.686)
- Percentage of Red in RGB1.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB5.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB68.6%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID040FAF
- DECIMAL ID266159
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
