Recognised as Colour

#47059A

#47059A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#47059A is a violet with RGB values 71, 5, 154 and HSL 267°, 94%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#47059A

RGBrgb(71, 5, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.0196, 0.6039

RGB percentages27.8%, 2%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(266.6, 93.7%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.6, 96.8%, 60.4%)

CMYK53.9%, 96.8%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,654,490

CSS custom property--colour: #47059A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03781WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.96:1

Contrast with white11.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#B8FA65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00399Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#003498no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Tritanopia#283B59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 10.7 Indigo · ΔE 11.9 Navy · ΔE 12.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.5 Blue violet · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 10.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#589A05

Analogous#050D9A, #92059A

Triadic#9A4705, #059A47

Split complementary#9A9205, #0D9A05

Tetradic#9A050D, #589A05, #059A92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#AE71FA

Lighter +30%#913FF9

Lighter +20%#750EF7

Lighter +10%#5E07CB

Darker −10%#300369

Darker −20%#190237

Darker −30%#030006

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#46009F

Less saturated −25%#491986

Channel breakdown

R71

B154

Red71 (27.8%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue266.58°

Saturation (HSL)93.71%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 47 · G 05 · B 9A

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