#400040

Color #400040

A vivid, highly saturated very dark magenta.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 27.61 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#400040

RGB

rgb(64, 0, 64)

HSL

hsl(300, 100%, 12.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 100%, 25.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 74.9%)

LAB

lab(12.35, 36.49, -22.6)

LCH

lch(12.35, 42.92, 328.23)

OKLCH

oklch(26.1%, 0.1198, 328.38)

HWB

hwb(300, 0%, 74.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#004000

Analogous

#200040

#400040

#400020

Triadic

#400040

#404000

#004040

Split-complementary

#400040

#204000

#004020

Tetradic

#400040

#400000

#004000

#004040

Square

#400040

#402000

#004000

#002040

Shades

Color #400040 mixed toward black.

#350035

#2b002b

#200020

#150015

#0b000b

Tints

Color #400040 mixed toward white.

#8a008a

#d400d4

#ff20ff

#ff6aff

#ffb5ff

Tones

Color #400040 mixed toward gray.

#3a053a

#350b35

#301030

#2b152b

#251b25

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.29:1

White text reads better on this background (16.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#302f37 · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#323535 · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#3e302e · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#202020 · ΔE 23.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #400040;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#400040]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#400040 (#400040) is rgb(64, 0, 64) in RGB.

No, #400040 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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