#4a085f

Color #4a085f

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 17.67 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4a085f

RGB

rgb(74, 8, 95)

HSL

hsl(285.5, 84.5%, 20.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.5, 91.6%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.1%, 91.6%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(17.72, 41.71, -35.12)

LCH

lch(17.72, 54.53, 319.9)

OKLCH

oklch(31%, 0.1419, 315.6)

HWB

hwb(285.5, 3.1%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1d5f08

Analogous

#1e085f

#4a085f

#5f0849

Triadic

#4a085f

#5f4a08

#085f4a

Split-complementary

#4a085f

#495f08

#085f1e

Tetradic

#4a085f

#5f081d

#1d5f08

#085f4a

Square

#4a085f

#5f1e08

#1d5f08

#08495f

Shades

Color #4a085f mixed toward black.

#3e074f

#31053f

#250430

#190320

#0c0110

Tints

Color #4a085f mixed toward white.

#7b0d9e

#ab12dc

#c643ef

#d982f4

#ecc0fa

Tones

Color #4a085f mixed toward gray.

#460f58

#431651

#3f1e49

#3b2542

#372c3b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.49:1

White text reads better on this background (14.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383853 · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#3b3e50 · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#484946 · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#2b2b2b · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a085f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a085f]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#4a085f (#4a085f) is rgb(74, 8, 95) in RGB.

No, #4a085f 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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