#40005b

Color #40005b

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 15.78 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#40005b

RGB

rgb(64, 0, 91)

HSL

hsl(282.2, 100%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.2, 100%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 100%, 0%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(14.65, 41.82, -37.51)

LCH

lch(14.65, 56.18, 318.11)

OKLCH

oklch(28.4%, 0.1424, 311.53)

HWB

hwb(282.2, 0%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1b5b00

Analogous

#12005b

#40005b

#5b0048

Triadic

#40005b

#5b4000

#005b40

Split-complementary

#40005b

#485b00

#005b12

Tetradic

#40005b

#5b001b

#1b5b00

#005b40

Square

#40005b

#5b1200

#1b5b00

#00485b

Shades

Color #40005b mixed toward black.

#35004c

#2b003d

#20002d

#15001e

#0b000f

Tints

Color #40005b mixed toward white.

#7100a1

#a200e7

#c12dff

#d673ff

#eab9ff

Tones

Color #40005b mixed toward gray.

#3d0853

#3a0f4c

#371744

#341e3d

#302635

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.37:1

White text reads better on this background (15.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#302f50 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#32354c · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#3e4542 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#252525 · ΔE 25.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #40005b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#40005b]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#40005b (#40005b) is rgb(64, 0, 91) in RGB.

No, #40005b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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