#40204f

Color #40204f

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 22.79 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#40204f

RGB

rgb(64, 32, 79)

HSL

hsl(280.9, 42.3%, 21.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.9, 59.5%, 31%)

CMYK

cmyk(19%, 59.5%, 0%, 69%)

LAB

lab(18.75, 24.75, -22.8)

LCH

lch(18.75, 33.65, 317.35)

OKLCH

oklch(31%, 0.0883, 313.85)

HWB

hwb(280.9, 12.5%, 69%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2f4f20

Analogous

#29204f

#40204f

#4f2047

Triadic

#40204f

#4f4020

#204f40

Split-complementary

#40204f

#474f20

#204f29

Tetradic

#40204f

#4f202f

#2f4f20

#204f40

Square

#40204f

#4f2920

#2f4f20

#20474f

Shades

Color #40204f mixed toward black.

#351b42

#2b1535

#201028

#150b1a

#0b050d

Tints

Color #40204f mixed toward white.

#66337e

#8d46ae

#ab71c5

#c7a0d9

#e3d0ec

Tones

Color #40204f mixed toward gray.

#3f244b

#3d2847

#3c2c43

#3a303f

#39343c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.54:1

White text reads better on this background (13.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#353547 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#363845 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#3f403e · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#2e2e2e · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #40204f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#40204f]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#40204f (#40204f) is rgb(64, 32, 79) in RGB.

No, #40204f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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