Dark Gray Blue

The color code of Dark Gray Blue indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with green it also forms the basic color cyan, but still remains as dominant basic color for the initial color impression. Learn more …

But due to the large amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Dark Gray Blue is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 11 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 28 %, Dark Gray Blue is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#40495b`
RGB	`rgb(64, 73, 91)`
HSL*	`hsl(220, 17%, 30%)`
Lab*	`30.9 1.09 -11.82`
CMYK*	`30% 20% 0% 64%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

64 %

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