#040208

Color #040208

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 2.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-950 #0c090c · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#040208

RGB

rgb(4, 2, 8)

HSL

hsl(260, 60%, 2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 75%, 3.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 75%, 0%, 96.9%)

LAB

lab(0.78, 1.36, -2.09)

LCH

lch(0.78, 2.49, 303.05)

OKLCH

oklch(9.8%, 0.023, 302.03)

HWB

hwb(260, 0.8%, 96.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#060802

Analogous

#020308

#040208

#070208

Triadic

#040208

#080402

#020804

Split-complementary

#040208

#080702

#030802

Tetradic

#040208

#080206

#060802

#020804

Square

#040208

#080203

#060802

#020807

Shades

Color #040208 mixed toward black.

#030207

#030105

#020104

#010103

#010001

Tints

Color #040208 mixed toward white.

#25134b

#47238d

#6937cd

#9b7ade

#cdbcee

Tones

Color #040208 mixed toward gray.

#040308

#040307

#050407

#050406

#050506

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

20.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.02:1

White text reads better on this background (20.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#030307 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#030306 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#040505 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#030303 · ΔE 2.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #040208;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#040208]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#040208 (#040208) is rgb(4, 2, 8) in RGB.

No, #040208 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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