Purple Navy (#4E5180)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

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Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 7.47:1 — vs black: 2.81:1

Color values

  • HEX #4E5180
  • RGB rgb(78, 81, 128)
  • HSL hsl(236, 39%, 50%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 39.06, 36.72, 0, 49.8 )
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Tags

Mood

Calm (200)

Style

Cool (180)

Use case

Text (210) Logo (175) Print (170)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #4E5180 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Purple Navy
#4E5180 Base
#807D4E
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Purple Navy
#4E5180 Base
#4E6A80
#644E80
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Purple Navy
#4E5180 Base
#804E51
#51804E
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Purple Navy
#4E5180 Base
#80644E
#6A804E
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Purple Navy
#4E5180 Base
#804E6A
#807D4E
#4E8064
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Purple Navy
#4E5180 Base
#141521
#313350
#3F4167
#5D6199
#7275A9
#A1A3C6
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Purple Navy, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #0A0A10
— #171826
— #25263D
— #333553
— #40436A
Purple Navy #4E5180 Base
— #6568A1
— #878AB6
— #AAACCB
— #CDCEE0
— #EFF0F5
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #4E5180. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties 
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #4E5180;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #4E5180;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #4E5180;
}
CSS Gradient 
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #4E5180,
        #B2AC4E
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #4E5180,
        #B2AC4E
    );
}
SCSS Variable 
// SCSS variable
$purple-navy: #4E5180;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$purple-navy-r: 78;
$purple-navy-g: 81;
$purple-navy-b: 128;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $purple-navy;
    color: rgba($purple-navy-r, $purple-navy-g, $purple-navy-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Purple Navy appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #4E5180 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #505080 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #515180 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #445959 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #555555 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Purple Navy ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Purple Navy #4E5180 Base
Independence #4C516D ΔE 5.53
Cyber Grape #58427C ΔE 7.25
Liberty #545AA7 ΔE 7.43
Dark Slate Blue #483D8B ΔE 8.02

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.