Information about #4A1A99 color

#4A1A99 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4A1A99 falls into the Violet Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(74, 26, 153) — 29% red, 10.2% green, 60% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 31 / 50 / 0 / 40. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #4A1A99 reads as a strongly colored blue-purple violet and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dissapurple (#4F1E9E). Slightly further away sit Kosmic Purple (#4B1D8F) and RRAGZ (#460C9D).

The recipe behind #4A1A99 is rgb(74, 26, 153), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #4A1A99: 11.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#4A1A99 color variations

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#4A1A99 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #4A1A99

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4A1A99
  • RGB74, 26, 153
  • CMYK31, 50, 0, 40
  • CSSrgb(74, 26, 153)
  • HSL263°, 71%, 35%
  • HSL Precise262.677°, 70.95%, 35.098%
  • HSV263°, 83%, 60%
  • HSB263°, 83%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.290
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.102
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • GLSLvec3(0.290, 0.102, 0.600)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.290, 0.102, 0.600, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.290, 0.102, 0.600)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB29%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB10.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID4A1A99
  • DECIMAL ID4856473
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01