#4a178e

Color #4a178e

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 5.43 Nearest Tailwind class violet-900 #4d179a · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4a178e

RGB

rgb(74, 23, 142)

HSL

hsl(265.7, 72.1%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.7, 83.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.9%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(23.74, 47.93, -55.46)

LCH

lch(23.74, 73.3, 310.83)

OKLCH

oklch(36.5%, 0.176, 295.33)

HWB

hwb(265.7, 9%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b8e17

Analogous

#17208e

#4a178e

#86178e

Triadic

#4a178e

#8e4a17

#178e4a

Split-complementary

#4a178e

#8e8617

#208e17

Tetradic

#4a178e

#8e175b

#5b8e17

#178e4a

Square

#4a178e

#8e1720

#5b8e17

#178e86

Shades

Color #4a178e mixed toward black.

#3e1376

#310f5f

#250c47

#19082f

#0c0418

Tints

Color #4a178e mixed toward white.

#641fc0

#8039df

#a06be7

#c09cef

#dfcef7

Tones

Color #4a178e mixed toward gray.

#4c2184

#4d2b7a

#4e3570

#503f66

#51495d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.8:1

White text reads better on this background (11.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3a3a7e · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#3d4079 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#486e6b · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#383838 · ΔE 27.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4a178e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a178e]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#4a178e (#4a178e) is rgb(74, 23, 142) in RGB.

No, #4a178e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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