Colour

#470C60

#470C60
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#470C60 is a violet with RGB values 71, 12, 96 and HSL 282°, 78%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#470C60#470C60

HEX#470C60

RGBrgb(71, 12, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.0471, 0.3765

RGB percentages27.8%, 4.7%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(282.1, 77.8%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282.1, 87.5%, 37.6%)

CMYK26%, 87.5%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,656,224

CSS custom property--colour: #470C60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.1:1

Contrast with white14.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#B8F39F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002962no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#002C5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Tritanopia#442237no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 16.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.3 Indigo · ΔE 21.1 Purple · ΔE 22.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 16.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25600C

Analogous#1D0C60, #600C4F

Triadic#60470C, #0C6047

Split complementary#4F600C, #0C601D

Tetradic#601D0C, #25600C, #0C4F60

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BB4FE9

Lighter +30%#AA22E3

Lighter +20%#8A17BB

Lighter +10%#69128D

Darker −10%#250633

Darker −20%#040105

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4C006C

Less saturated −25%#421A52

Channel breakdown

R71

G12

B96

Red71 (27.8%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue282.14°

Saturation (HSL)77.78%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 47 · G 0C · B 60

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