#4a3f50

Color #4a3f50

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4a3f50

RGB

rgb(74, 63, 80)

HSL

hsl(278.8, 11.9%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.8, 21.2%, 31.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 68.6%)

LAB

lab(28.35, 8.45, -8.49)

LCH

lch(28.35, 11.98, 314.86)

OKLCH

oklch(38.6%, 0.0317, 313.72)

HWB

hwb(278.8, 24.7%, 68.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#45503f

Analogous

#413f50

#4a3f50

#503f4d

Triadic

#4a3f50

#504a3f

#3f504a

Split-complementary

#4a3f50

#4d503f

#3f5041

Tetradic

#4a3f50

#503f45

#45503f

#3f504a

Square

#4a3f50

#50413f

#45503f

#3f4d50

Shades

Color #4a3f50 mixed toward black.

#3e3443

#312a35

#251f28

#19151b

#0c0a0d

Tints

Color #4a3f50 mixed toward white.

#6a5a72

#897693

#a698ae

#c4bbc9

#e1dde4

Tones

Color #4a3f50 mixed toward gray.

#49404e

#49424d

#49434c

#48454a

#484649

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.12:1

White text reads better on this background (9.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#45454c · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#46474b · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#494949 · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a3f50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a3f50]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#4a3f50 (#4a3f50) is rgb(74, 63, 80) in RGB.

No, #4a3f50 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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