#40384d

Color #40384d

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#40384d

RGB

rgb(64, 56, 77)

HSL

hsl(262.9, 15.8%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.9, 27.3%, 30.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.9%, 27.3%, 0%, 69.8%)

LAB

lab(25.12, 8.44, -11.53)

LCH

lch(25.12, 14.29, 306.2)

OKLCH

oklch(35.8%, 0.0372, 302.02)

HWB

hwb(262.9, 22%, 69.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#454d38

Analogous

#383b4d

#40384d

#4b384d

Triadic

#40384d

#4d4038

#384d40

Split-complementary

#40384d

#4d4b38

#3b4d38

Tetradic

#40384d

#4d3845

#454d38

#384d40

Square

#40384d

#4d383b

#454d38

#384d4b

Shades

Color #40384d mixed toward black.

#352f40

#2b2533

#201c27

#15131a

#0b090d

Tints

Color #40384d mixed toward white.

#5e5271

#7d6e95

#9d92b0

#beb6ca

#dedbe5

Tones

Color #40384d mixed toward gray.

#403a4b

#413c4a

#413d48

#423f46

#424144

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.89:1

White text reads better on this background (11.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3d3d49 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#3d3e47 · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#404544 · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#3c3c3c · ΔE 12.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #40384d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#40384d]

Related colors

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Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#40384d (#40384d) is rgb(64, 56, 77) in RGB.

No, #40384d 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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