#4e045e

Color #4e045e

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 19.6 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4e045e

RGB

rgb(78, 4, 94)

HSL

hsl(289.3, 91.8%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.3, 95.7%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(17%, 95.7%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(17.99, 43.39, -33.98)

LCH

lch(17.99, 55.11, 321.93)

OKLCH

oklch(31.3%, 0.1458, 318.98)

HWB

hwb(289.3, 1.6%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#145e04

Analogous

#21045e

#4e045e

#5e0441

Triadic

#4e045e

#5e4e04

#045e4e

Split-complementary

#4e045e

#415e04

#045e21

Tetradic

#4e045e

#5e0414

#145e04

#045e4e

Square

#4e045e

#5e2104

#145e04

#04415e

Shades

Color #4e045e mixed toward black.

#41034e

#34033f

#27022f

#1a011f

#0d0110

Tints

Color #4e045e mixed toward white.

#8407a0

#bb0ae2

#d539f7

#e37bf9

#f1bdfc

Tones

Color #4e045e mixed toward gray.

#490c56

#44134f

#3f1a47

#3b2240

#362938

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.5:1

White text reads better on this background (13.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3b3b52 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#3e424f · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#4c4845 · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 25.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e045e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e045e]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#4e045e (#4e045e) is rgb(78, 4, 94) in RGB.

No, #4e045e 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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