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#4A07DA Color

#4A07DA is rgb(74, 7, 218) in RGB, hsl(259, 94%, 44%) in HSL, and about cmyk(66%, 97%, 0%, 15%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Medium Blue (#0000CD), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 8.55. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#4A07DA
HEX#4A07DA
RGBrgb(74, 7, 218)
HSLhsl(259, 94%, 44%)
HSVhsv(259, 97%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 97%, 0%, 15%)
OKLCHoklch(43.9% 0.261 280.7)
LABlab(29.22% 62.09 -91.48)
LCHlch(29.22% 110.56 304.17)

What #4A07DA Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #4A07DA, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Medium Blue#0000CDΔE 8.55Han Purple#5218FAΔE 11.27Ultramarine Blue(caran D'ache)#2111EFΔE 11.9Electric Indigo#6F00FFΔE 15.55Poison Purple#7F01FEΔE 16.19Near Violet#8000FFΔE 16.65

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#4A07DA Channel Values

How #4A07DA breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 74 · G 7 · B 2188-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 259° · S 94% · L 44%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 259° · S 97% · V 85%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 66% · M 97% · Y 0% · K 15%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance9:1 vs white · 2.33:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #4A07DA background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text9:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text2.33:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #4A07DA in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #4A07DA

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #4A07DA; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#4A07DA
Complementary
#97DA07
Analogous
#072DDA
Analogous
#B307DA
Triadic
#DA4A07
Triadic
#07DA4A
Split comp.
#DAB307
Split comp.
#2DDA07

Tints & Shades of #4A07DA

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#5A12F8
#7234F9
#8E5CFA
#A983FB
#C5ABFC
#DDCEFD

Shades

#4006BC
#3705A3
#2D0486
#230368
#19024A
#110231

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #4A07DA.

How #4A07DA Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#4A07DA
Protanopia#1F1FDA
Protanomaly#3518DA
Deuteranopia#2B2BDA
Deuteranomaly#3A21DA
Tritanopia#005555
Tritanomaly#21429C
Achromatopsia#494949

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #4A07DA in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-4a07da: #4A07DA;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #4A07DA;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-4a07da': '#4A07DA' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.290, green: 0.027, blue: 0.855)
Android XML<color name="color_4a07da">#4A07DA</color>
SVG fillfill="#4A07DA"

More Purple Colors

#4A07DA sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#4A07DA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #4A07DA?

#4A07DA is a mid-tone purple — rgb(74, 7, 218) in RGB and hsl(259, 94%, 44%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000CD), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 8.55.

What is the RGB value of #4A07DA?

#4A07DA is rgb(74, 7, 218) — red 74, green 7, and blue 218 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #4A07DA?

#4A07DA converts to approximately cmyk(66%, 97%, 0%, 15%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #4A07DA be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #4A07DA scores 9:1 against white and 2.33:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #4A07DA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #4A07DA is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is mediumblue (#0000CD) at a CIE76 distance of 8.55, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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