#4900a4

Color #4900a4

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Blue #00008b · ΔE 12.78 Nearest Tailwind class violet-900 #4d179a · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4900a4

RGB

rgb(73, 0, 164)

HSL

hsl(266.7, 100%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.7, 100%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.5%, 100%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(23.99, 59.25, -68.59)

LCH

lch(23.99, 90.64, 310.82)

OKLCH

oklch(37.3%, 0.2105, 290.47)

HWB

hwb(266.7, 0%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5ba400

Analogous

#0009a4

#4900a4

#9b00a4

Triadic

#4900a4

#a44900

#00a449

Split-complementary

#4900a4

#a49b00

#09a400

Tetradic

#4900a4

#a4005b

#5ba400

#00a449

Square

#4900a4

#a40009

#5ba400

#00a49b

Shades

Color #4900a4 mixed toward black.

#3d0089

#31006d

#250052

#180037

#0c001b

Tints

Color #4900a4 mixed toward white.

#6300de

#7f18ff

#9f52ff

#bf8cff

#dfc5ff

Tones

Color #4900a4 mixed toward gray.

#4b0e97

#4c1b89

#4e297b

#4f376d

#514460

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.82:1

White text reads better on this background (11.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#373691 · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#3a3d8b · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#477f7a · ΔE 39.5

Achromatopsia

#393939 · ΔE 29.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4900a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4900a4]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#4900a4 (#4900a4) is rgb(73, 0, 164) in RGB.

No, #4900a4 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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