Colour

#470B38

#470B38
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#470B38 is a magenta with RGB values 71, 11, 56 and HSL 315°, 73%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#470B38#470B38

HEX#470B38

RGBrgb(71, 11, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.0431, 0.2196

RGB percentages27.8%, 4.3%, 22%

HSLhsl(315, 73.2%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(315, 84.5%, 27.8%)

CMYK0%, 84.5%, 21.1%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,655,928

CSS custom property--colour: #470B38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness44 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.3:1

Contrast with white15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#B8F4C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#101F39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#232937no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Tritanopia#4C0D20no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 33.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 36.6 Black · ΔE 38.1 Purple · ΔE 38.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 40 Dark magenta · ΔE 43.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 33.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B471A

Analogous#380B47, #470B1A

Triadic#38470B, #0B3847

Split complementary#1A470B, #0B4738

Tetradic#47380B, #0B471A, #0B1A47

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E13DB8

Lighter +30%#CB20A0

Lighter +20%#9F197E

Lighter +10%#73125B

Darker −10%#1B0415

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#51013D

Less saturated −25%#3D1533

Channel breakdown

R71

G11

B56

Red71 (27.8%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue315°

Saturation (HSL)73.17%

Lightness16.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 47 · G 0B · B 38

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