#4e237c

Color #4e237c

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 10.39 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4e237c

RGB

rgb(78, 35, 124)

HSL

hsl(269, 56%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269, 71.8%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(24.57, 38.45, -42.79)

LCH

lch(24.57, 57.53, 311.94)

OKLCH

oklch(36.7%, 0.1434, 301.77)

HWB

hwb(269, 13.7%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#517c23

Analogous

#23247c

#4e237c

#7b237c

Triadic

#4e237c

#7c4e23

#237c4e

Split-complementary

#4e237c

#7c7b23

#247c23

Tetradic

#4e237c

#7c2351

#517c23

#237c4e

Square

#4e237c

#7c2324

#517c23

#237c7b

Shades

Color #4e237c mixed toward black.

#411d67

#341753

#27123e

#1a0c29

#0d0615

Tints

Color #4e237c mixed toward white.

#6b30aa

#8849cc

#a676d8

#c3a4e5

#e1d1f2

Tones

Color #4e237c mixed toward gray.

#4e2a75

#4f326d

#4f3966

#4f415e

#4f4857

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.86:1

White text reads better on this background (11.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3f3f6e · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#42446b · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#4c625f · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#3a3a3a · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e237c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e237c]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#4e237c (#4e237c) is rgb(78, 35, 124) in RGB.

No, #4e237c 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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