Maroon Colors  ·  Color Library

Palettes / Colors / #4900A6

#4900A6 — Vivid Purple

#4900A6 is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Indigo (#4B0082). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: indigo (#4B0082) — not an exact match. CSS indigo gives you #4B0082, a different color; use #4900A6 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#4900A6 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #5FA800; it also sits naturally between #000BA8 and #9D00A8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#4900A6 · RGB 73, 0, 166

Download PNG swatch SVG

Color values

HEX#4900A6
RGB73, 0, 166
HSL266°, 100%, 33%
HSV266°, 100%, 65%
CMYK56%, 100%, 0%, 35%
XYZ9.63, 4.17, 36.37
Yxy4.17, 0.1919, 0.0831
CIE-Lab24.22, 59.72, -69.42
Hunter Lab20.42, 50.33, -95.98

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 29% · Green 0% · Blue 65%

Cyan 56% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 35%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #4900A6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #4900A6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #4900A6

.text { color: #4900A6; }
.background { background-color: #4900A6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #4900A6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(73, 0, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(266, 100%, 33%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #4900A6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(73, 0, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #4900A6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(73, 0, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#4900A6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#4900A6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #4900A6

#420099#3C008A#35007A#2E006B#2A0061#230052#1D0042#160033#0F0024#090014

Tints of #4900A6

#5600C7#6600EB#740AFF#8629FF#9A4DFF#AB6BFF#BD8AFF#CEA8FF#E2CCFF#F3EBFF

Tones of #4900A6

#4B0C9D#4C1890#4E2484#4F3078#513C6D#534860

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5FA800:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text11.45:1 AAA
Against black text1.83:1 Fails

Best text color on #4900A6: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #4900A6

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #4900A6: ·

How #4900A6 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #29297EDeuteranopia · #2E3374Tritanopia · #455E57

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Deep Purple 500 · #673AB7Material Indigo 500 · #3F51B5Material Purple 500 · #9C27B0

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #4900A6 rather than the exact color:

Silent Drift
#11AE94 · #1984C0 · #0B1B9F · #4B109E
Silent Ruby Marble
#10B4BE · #10457E · #1719BC · #4F0F9C
Palette 450693
#450693 · #8C00FF · #FF3F7F · #FFC400
Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Frozen Ruby Twilight
#4F16AC · #D630E5 · #ED6EB4 · #F29A9C
Electric Petal
#3E15AC · #AA1DE4 · #EB57D4 · #F3A0C2

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#4B109E#4F0F9C#450693#5711A0#4F16AC#3E15AC#471396#3F179E#5003C0#610C9F#3917A7#38179F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #4900A5  ·  #4900A7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #4900A6?

#4900A6 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 73, 0, 166). Its closest standard named color is Indigo.

What is the RGB and HSL of #4900A6?

#4900A6 is RGB 73, 0, 166 — HSL 266°, 100%, 33% — CMYK 56%, 100%, 0%, 35%.

What colors go with #4900A6?

Its complement is #5FA800; analogous partners are #000BA8 and #9D00A8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #4900A6 for text?

White text on #4900A6 has a contrast ratio of 11.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.83:1.