#4b1868

Color #4b1868

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 15.47 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4b1868

RGB

rgb(75, 24, 104)

HSL

hsl(278.3, 62.5%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.3, 76.9%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.9%, 76.9%, 0%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(20.63, 38.13, -36.33)

LCH

lch(20.63, 52.67, 316.38)

OKLCH

oklch(33.3%, 0.1345, 310.08)

HWB

hwb(278.3, 9.4%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#356818

Analogous

#231868

#4b1868

#68185d

Triadic

#4b1868

#684b18

#18684b

Split-complementary

#4b1868

#5d6818

#186823

Tetradic

#4b1868

#681835

#356818

#18684b

Square

#4b1868

#682318

#356818

#185d68

Shades

Color #4b1868 mixed toward black.

#3f1457

#321045

#260c34

#190823

#0d0411

Tints

Color #4b1868 mixed toward white.

#70249c

#9630cf

#b064db

#ca98e7

#e5cbf3

Tones

Color #4b1868 mixed toward gray.

#491f61

#47255b

#462c54

#44334d

#423947

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.63:1

White text reads better on this background (12.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3b3b5c · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#3d4059 · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#49514e · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#323232 · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b1868;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b1868]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#4b1868 (#4b1868) is rgb(75, 24, 104) in RGB.

No, #4b1868 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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