#4b00cd

Color #4b00cd

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 8.42 Nearest Tailwind class violet-800 #5d0ec0 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4b00cd

RGB

rgb(75, 0, 205)

HSL

hsl(262, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.4%, 100%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(29.17, 68.86, -84.4)

LCH

lch(29.17, 108.93, 309.21)

OKLCH

oklch(42.2%, 0.2497, 283.2)

HWB

hwb(262, 0%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82cd00

Analogous

#001bcd

#4b00cd

#b200cd

Triadic

#4b00cd

#cd4b00

#00cd4b

Split-complementary

#4b00cd

#cdb200

#1bcd00

Tetradic

#4b00cd

#cd0082

#82cd00

#00cd4b

Square

#4b00cd

#cd001b

#82cd00

#00cdb2

Shades

Color #4b00cd mixed toward black.

#3f00ab

#320089

#260067

#190044

#0d0022

Tints

Color #4b00cd mixed toward white.

#5e01ff

#7e34ff

#9e67ff

#bf99ff

#dfccff

Tones

Color #4b00cd mixed toward gray.

#5011bc

#5422ab

#59339a

#5d4489

#625578

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.18:1

White text reads better on this background (9.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3838b5 · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#3b3faf · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#499f99 · ΔE 47.4

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 31.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4b00cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b00cd]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#4b00cd (#4b00cd) is rgb(75, 0, 205) in RGB.

No, #4b00cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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