#402b6a

Color #402b6a

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.46 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#402b6a

RGB

rgb(64, 43, 106)

HSL

hsl(260, 42.3%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 59.4%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.6%, 59.4%, 0%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(23.2, 25.36, -33.56)

LCH

lch(23.2, 42.06, 307.08)

OKLCH

oklch(34.8%, 0.1057, 295.79)

HWB

hwb(260, 16.9%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#556a2b

Analogous

#2b356a

#402b6a

#5f2b6a

Triadic

#402b6a

#6a402b

#2b6a40

Split-complementary

#402b6a

#6a5f2b

#356a2b

Tetradic

#402b6a

#6a2b55

#556a2b

#2b6a40

Square

#402b6a

#6a2b35

#556a2b

#2b6a5f

Shades

Color #402b6a mixed toward black.

#352458

#2b1d47

#201535

#150e23

#0b0712

Tints

Color #402b6a mixed toward white.

#5a3c95

#7654ba

#987fcb

#baa9dc

#ddd4ee

Tones

Color #402b6a mixed toward gray.

#423065

#43355f

#453b5a

#474055

#494550

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.77:1

White text reads better on this background (11.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#38385f · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#393b5c · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#3f5653 · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#373737 · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #402b6a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#402b6a]

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

#402b6a (#402b6a) is rgb(64, 43, 106) in RGB.

No, #402b6a 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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