#4f4555

Color #4f4555

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.22 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4f4555

RGB

rgb(79, 69, 85)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 10.4%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 18.8%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(30.82, 7.7, -7.96)

LCH

lch(30.82, 11.07, 314.05)

OKLCH

oklch(40.7%, 0.0293, 312.79)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 27.1%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4b5545

Analogous

#474555

#4f4555

#554553

Triadic

#4f4555

#554f45

#45554f

Split-complementary

#4f4555

#535545

#455547

Tetradic

#4f4555

#55454b

#4b5545

#45554f

Square

#4f4555

#554745

#4b5545

#455355

Shades

Color #4f4555 mixed toward black.

#423a47

#352e39

#28232b

#1a171c

#0d0c0e

Tints

Color #4f4555 mixed toward white.

#6d6076

#8b7c95

#a89daf

#c5bdca

#e2dee4

Tones

Color #4f4555 mixed toward gray.

#4f4654

#4e4852

#4e4951

#4e4a50

#4d4c4e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.31:1

White text reads better on this background (9.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b51 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#4b4c51 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#4f4f4e · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4f4555;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4f4555]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#4f4555 (#4f4555) is rgb(79, 69, 85) in RGB.

No, #4f4555 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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