#4f3799

Color #4f3799

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 8.04 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4f3799

RGB

rgb(79, 55, 153)

HSL

hsl(254.7, 47.1%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.7, 64.1%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.4%, 64.1%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(31.1, 35.66, -50.19)

LCH

lch(31.1, 61.57, 305.39)

OKLCH

oklch(42.1%, 0.1523, 289.48)

HWB

hwb(254.7, 21.6%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#819937

Analogous

#375099

#4f3799

#803799

Triadic

#4f3799

#994f37

#37994f

Split-complementary

#4f3799

#998037

#509937

Tetradic

#4f3799

#993781

#819937

#37994f

Square

#4f3799

#993750

#819937

#379980

Shades

Color #4f3799 mixed toward black.

#422e80

#352566

#281c4d

#1a1233

#0d091a

Tints

Color #4f3799 mixed toward white.

#6346bc

#826bca

#a190d7

#c1b5e4

#e0daf2

Tones

Color #4f3799 mixed toward gray.

#533f91

#574789

#5c5081

#605878

#646070

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.34:1

White text reads better on this background (8.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#464689 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#474985 · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#4e7b77 · ΔE 33

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4f3799;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4f3799]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#4f3799 (#4f3799) is rgb(79, 55, 153) in RGB.

No, #4f3799 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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