#4b1f97

Color #4b1f97

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 8.22 Nearest Tailwind class violet-900 #4d179a · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4b1f97

RGB

rgb(75, 31, 151)

HSL

hsl(262, 65.9%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262, 79.5%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.3%, 79.5%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(25.89, 47.13, -57.49)

LCH

lch(25.89, 74.34, 309.34)

OKLCH

oklch(38.3%, 0.1786, 292.42)

HWB

hwb(262, 12.2%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b971f

Analogous

#1f2f97

#4b1f97

#871f97

Triadic

#4b1f97

#974b1f

#1f974b

Split-complementary

#4b1f97

#97871f

#2f971f

Tetradic

#4b1f97

#971f6b

#6b971f

#1f974b

Square

#4b1f97

#971f2f

#6b971f

#1f9787

Shades

Color #4b1f97 mixed toward black.

#3f1a7e

#321565

#26104c

#190a32

#0d0519

Tints

Color #4b1f97 mixed toward white.

#6228c4

#7e4ada

#9f77e3

#bfa4ec

#dfd2f6

Tones

Color #4b1f97 mixed toward gray.

#4e298d

#503383

#533d79

#56476f

#585165

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.94:1

White text reads better on this background (10.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3c3c86 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#3f4181 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#497672 · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#3d3d3d · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b1f97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b1f97]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#4b1f97 (#4b1f97) is rgb(75, 31, 151) in RGB.

No, #4b1f97 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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