#4e17ff

Color #4e17ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Blue #0000ff · ΔE 9.2 Nearest Tailwind class violet-700 #7008e7 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4e17ff

RGB

rgb(78, 23, 255)

HSL

hsl(254.2, 100%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.2, 91%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.4%, 91%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(36.84, 76.87, -100.2)

LCH

lch(36.84, 126.29, 307.49)

OKLCH

oklch(49.1%, 0.2917, 277.45)

HWB

hwb(254.2, 9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8ff17

Analogous

#1754ff

#4e17ff

#c217ff

Triadic

#4e17ff

#ff4e17

#17ff4e

Split-complementary

#4e17ff

#ffc217

#54ff17

Tetradic

#4e17ff

#ff17c8

#c8ff17

#17ff4e

Square

#4e17ff

#ff1754

#c8ff17

#17ffc2

Shades

Color #4e17ff mixed toward black.

#3700e8

#2c00b9

#21008b

#16005d

#0b002e

Tints

Color #4e17ff mixed toward white.

#6b3eff

#8964ff

#a68bff

#c4b2ff

#e1d8ff

Tones

Color #4e17ff mixed toward gray.

#582aec

#623ed8

#6c51c5

#7764b2

#81789e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.89:1

White text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3d3de2 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#4043da · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#4cc7c0 · ΔE 53.2

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 32.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e17ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e17ff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#4e17ff (#4e17ff) is rgb(78, 23, 255) in RGB.

No, #4e17ff 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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