#40394c

Color #40394c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.45 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#40394c

RGB

rgb(64, 57, 76)

HSL

hsl(262.1, 14.3%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.1, 25%, 29.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 25%, 0%, 70.2%)

LAB

lab(25.38, 7.51, -10.48)

LCH

lch(25.38, 12.89, 305.63)

OKLCH

oklch(36%, 0.0336, 301.61)

HWB

hwb(262.1, 22.4%, 70.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#454c39

Analogous

#393c4c

#40394c

#4a394c

Triadic

#40394c

#4c4039

#394c40

Split-complementary

#40394c

#4c4a39

#3c4c39

Tetradic

#40394c

#4c3945

#454c39

#394c40

Square

#40394c

#4c393c

#454c39

#394c4a

Shades

Color #40394c mixed toward black.

#35303f

#2b2633

#201d26

#151319

#0b0a0d

Tints

Color #40394c mixed toward white.

#5e5470

#7d6f93

#9d93ae

#beb7c9

#dedbe4

Tones

Color #40394c mixed toward gray.

#403b4a

#413c49

#413e47

#423f46

#424144

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.91:1

White text reads better on this background (11.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3d3d48 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#3d3e47 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#404544 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#3c3c3c · ΔE 11.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #40394c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#40394c]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

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Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#40394c (#40394c) is rgb(64, 57, 76) in RGB.

No, #40394c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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