#402540

Color #402540

A muted very dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 23.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#402540

RGB

rgb(64, 37, 64)

HSL

hsl(300, 26.7%, 19.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 42.2%, 25.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 42.2%, 0%, 74.9%)

LAB

lab(19.15, 17.95, -11.91)

LCH

lch(19.15, 21.54, 326.44)

OKLCH

oklch(31%, 0.0593, 326.9)

HWB

hwb(300, 14.5%, 74.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#254025

Analogous

#322540

#402540

#402532

Triadic

#402540

#404025

#254040

Split-complementary

#402540

#324025

#254032

Tetradic

#402540

#402525

#254025

#254040

Square

#402540

#403225

#254025

#253240

Shades

Color #402540 mixed toward black.

#351f35

#2b192b

#201320

#150c15

#0b060b

Tints

Color #402540 mixed toward white.

#6b3e6b

#965796

#b47db4

#cda9cd

#e6d4e6

Tones

Color #402540 mixed toward gray.

#3e273e

#3b2a3b

#392c39

#372e37

#353035

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.56:1

White text reads better on this background (13.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#36363b · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#383939 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#3f3635 · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#2e2e2e · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #402540;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#402540]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#402540 (#402540) is rgb(64, 37, 64) in RGB.

No, #402540 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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