#4c2166

Color #4c2166

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.87 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4c2166

RGB

rgb(76, 33, 102)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 51.1%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 67.6%, 40%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 67.6%, 0%, 60%)

LAB

lab(22.24, 33.38, -32.41)

LCH

lch(22.24, 46.53, 315.84)

OKLCH

oklch(34.4%, 0.1198, 310.26)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 12.9%, 60%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3b6621

Analogous

#2a2166

#4c2166

#66215e

Triadic

#4c2166

#664c21

#21664c

Split-complementary

#4c2166

#5e6621

#21662a

Tetradic

#4c2166

#66213b

#3b6621

#21664c

Square

#4c2166

#662a21

#3b6621

#215e66

Shades

Color #4c2166 mixed toward black.

#3f1c55

#331644

#261133

#190b22

#0d0611

Tints

Color #4c2166 mixed toward white.

#6f3095

#9242c2

#ad71d1

#c8a1e0

#e4d0f0

Tones

Color #4c2166 mixed toward gray.

#4b2760

#492d5b

#483255

#46384f

#453e49

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.72:1

White text reads better on this background (12.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3d5b · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#404258 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#4b514e · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#353535 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c2166;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c2166]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#4c2166 (#4c2166) is rgb(76, 33, 102) in RGB.

No, #4c2166 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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