#4a2a72

Color #4a2a72

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 9.77 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4a2a72

RGB

rgb(74, 42, 114)

HSL

hsl(266.7, 46.2%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.7, 63.2%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.1%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(24.72, 30.9, -36.2)

LCH

lch(24.72, 47.59, 310.48)

OKLCH

oklch(36.4%, 0.1199, 301.14)

HWB

hwb(266.7, 16.5%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#52722a

Analogous

#2a2e72

#4a2a72

#6e2a72

Triadic

#4a2a72

#724a2a

#2a724a

Split-complementary

#4a2a72

#726e2a

#2e722a

Tetradic

#4a2a72

#722a52

#52722a

#2a724a

Square

#4a2a72

#722a2e

#52722a

#2a726e

Shades

Color #4a2a72 mixed toward black.

#3e235f

#311c4c

#251539

#190e26

#0c0713

Tints

Color #4a2a72 mixed toward white.

#663a9d

#8353c0

#a27ecf

#c1a9df

#e0d4ef

Tones

Color #4a2a72 mixed toward gray.

#4b306c

#4b3666

#4c3c60

#4d425a

#4d4854

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.87:1

White text reads better on this background (11.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3e66 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#404263 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#495b59 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a2a72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a2a72]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#4a2a72 (#4a2a72) is rgb(74, 42, 114) in RGB.

No, #4a2a72 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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