#40175a

Color #40175a

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 17.72 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#40175a

RGB

rgb(64, 23, 90)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 59.3%, 22.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 74.4%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(17.65, 32.65, -31.97)

LCH

lch(17.65, 45.7, 315.6)

OKLCH

oklch(30.5%, 0.1166, 309.12)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 9%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#315a17

Analogous

#1f175a

#40175a

#5a1753

Triadic

#40175a

#5a4017

#175a40

Split-complementary

#40175a

#535a17

#175a1f

Tetradic

#40175a

#5a1731

#315a17

#175a40

Square

#40175a

#5a1f17

#315a17

#17535a

Shades

Color #40175a mixed toward black.

#35134b

#2b0f3c

#200c2d

#15081e

#0b040f

Tints

Color #40175a mixed toward white.

#66248f

#8b32c4

#a961d7

#c696e4

#e2caf2

Tones

Color #40175a mixed toward gray.

#3f1d55

#3e224f

#3c2849

#3b2d44

#3a333e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.49:1

White text reads better on this background (14.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#333250 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#35374d · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#3f4644 · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#2b2b2b · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #40175a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#40175a]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#40175a (#40175a) is rgb(64, 23, 90) in RGB.

No, #40175a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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