Information about #4A3181 color

#4A3181 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #4A3181 is classified in the Register under the Violet Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(74, 49, 129) — 29% red, 19.2% green, 50.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 22 / 31 / 0 / 49. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated blue-purple violet, #4A3181 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Purple Haze (#4E387E). Slightly further away sit Regalia (#522D80) and Spanish Violet (#4C2882).

The recipe behind #4A3181 is rgb(74, 49, 129), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 10.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4A3181 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#4A3181 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#4A3181 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 #4A3181

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

Purple Haze color link
Purple Haze

#4E387E

Regalia color link
Regalia

#522D80

Minsk color link
Minsk

#3F307F

Windsor color link
Windsor

#462C77

Fairground color link
Fairground

#483A79

KSU Purple color link
KSU Purple

#512888

Fascinator color link
Fascinator

#4F4081

Funtasia color link
Funtasia

#4C3371

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4A3181
  • RGB74, 49, 129
  • CMYK22, 31, 0, 49
  • CSSrgb(74, 49, 129)
  • HSL259°, 45%, 35%
  • HSL Precise258.75°, 44.944%, 34.902%
  • HSV259°, 62%, 51%
  • HSB259°, 62%, 51%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.290
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.192
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • GLSLvec3(0.290, 0.192, 0.506)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.290, 0.192, 0.506, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.290, 0.192, 0.506)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB29%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB19.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB50.6%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID4A3181
  • DECIMAL ID4862337
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01