#4e00e6

Color #4e00e6

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 10.85 Nearest Tailwind class violet-700 #7008e7 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4e00e6

RGB

rgb(78, 0, 230)

HSL

hsl(260.3, 100%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.3, 100%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.1%, 100%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(32.55, 74.75, -93.19)

LCH

lch(32.55, 119.47, 308.73)

OKLCH

oklch(45.4%, 0.2733, 280.69)

HWB

hwb(260.3, 0%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98e600

Analogous

#0025e6

#4e00e6

#c100e6

Triadic

#4e00e6

#e64e00

#00e64e

Split-complementary

#4e00e6

#e6c100

#25e600

Tetradic

#4e00e6

#e60098

#98e600

#00e64e

Square

#4e00e6

#e60025

#98e600

#00e6c1

Shades

Color #4e00e6 mixed toward black.

#4100c0

#340099

#270073

#1a004d

#0d0026

Tints

Color #4e00e6 mixed toward white.

#6516ff

#8344ff

#a273ff

#c1a2ff

#e0d0ff

Tones

Color #4e00e6 mixed toward gray.

#5413d3

#5a26c0

#603aad

#674d99

#6d6086

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.47:1

White text reads better on this background (8.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3b3acb · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#3e41c4 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#4cb3ad · ΔE 51.8

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 32.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e00e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e00e6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#4e00e6 (#4e00e6) is rgb(78, 0, 230) in RGB.

No, #4e00e6 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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