#4e047f

Color #4e047f

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 3.1 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4e047f

RGB

rgb(78, 4, 127)

HSL

hsl(276.1, 93.9%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.1, 96.9%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.6%, 96.9%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(20.98, 50.35, -50.56)

LCH

lch(20.98, 71.35, 314.88)

OKLCH

oklch(34.3%, 0.1747, 304.24)

HWB

hwb(276.1, 1.6%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#357f04

Analogous

#11047f

#4e047f

#7f0473

Triadic

#4e047f

#7f4e04

#047f4e

Split-complementary

#4e047f

#737f04

#047f11

Tetradic

#4e047f

#7f0435

#357f04

#047f4e

Square

#4e047f

#7f1104

#357f04

#04737f

Shades

Color #4e047f mixed toward black.

#41036a

#340355

#270240

#1a012a

#0d0115

Tints

Color #4e047f mixed toward white.

#7406bc

#990af7

#b247f9

#cc85fb

#e5c2fd

Tones

Color #4e047f mixed toward gray.

#4c0e75

#4a196b

#482360

#462d56

#44374c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.65:1

White text reads better on this background (12.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3b3b70 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#3e426c · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#4c625e · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#323232 · ΔE 27.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e047f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e047f]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#4e047f (#4e047f) is rgb(78, 4, 127) in RGB.

No, #4e047f 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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