#4e2c6f

Color #4e2c6f

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.2 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4e2c6f

RGB

rgb(78, 44, 111)

HSL

hsl(270.4, 43.2%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.4, 60.4%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 60.4%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(25.47, 29.95, -33.05)

LCH

lch(25.47, 44.6, 312.18)

OKLCH

oklch(37%, 0.1137, 304.86)

HWB

hwb(270.4, 17.3%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4d6f2c

Analogous

#2c2c6f

#4e2c6f

#6f2c6f

Triadic

#4e2c6f

#6f4e2c

#2c6f4e

Split-complementary

#4e2c6f

#6f6f2c

#2c6f2c

Tetradic

#4e2c6f

#6f2c4d

#4d6f2c

#2c6f4e

Square

#4e2c6f

#6f2c2c

#4d6f2c

#2c6f6f

Shades

Color #4e2c6f mixed toward black.

#41255d

#341d4a

#271638

#1a0f25

#0d0713

Tints

Color #4e2c6f mixed toward white.

#6c3d99

#8956bc

#a780cd

#c4aadd

#e2d5ee

Tones

Color #4e2c6f mixed toward gray.

#4e3269

#4e3764

#4e3d5e

#4e4259

#4e4853

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.91:1

White text reads better on this background (10.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#424164 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#444661 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#4d5957 · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#3c3c3c · ΔE 23.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e2c6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e2c6f]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#4e2c6f (#4e2c6f) is rgb(78, 44, 111) in RGB.

No, #4e2c6f 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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