Disclosed an array substrate and a display panel, wherein the array substrate comprises a substrate, a plurality of pixel units disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the pixel units comprises a first pixel subunit, a second pixel subunit and a third pixel subunit, and a color filter disposed on each of the pixel subunits, wherein the color filter is located between the substrate and the second substrate, and the color filter of the third pixel subunit has a step structure. The display panel comprises the array substrate above and a second substrate, wherein the second substrate being disposed opposite to the array substrate.