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Recognised as Colour

#470C62

  • #470C62
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#470C62 is a violet with RGB values 71, 12, 98 and HSL 281°, 78%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#470C62#470C62
HEX#470C62
RGBrgb(71, 12, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.0471, 0.3843
RGB percentages27.8%, 4.7%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(281.2, 78.2%, 21.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.2, 87.8%, 38.4%)
CMYK27.6%, 87.8%, 0%, 61.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,656,226
CSS custom property--colour: #470C62;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness51.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.03:1
Contrast with white14.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#B8F39D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002964no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#002D60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#442338no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 15.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.3Indigo · ΔE 19.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.2Purple · ΔE 21.9Dark magenta · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 15.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#27620C
Analogous#1C0C62, #620C52
Triadic#62470C, #0C6247
Split complementary#52620C, #0C621C
Tetradic#621C0C, #27620C, #0C5262

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BA50EA
Lighter +30%#A723E4
Lighter +20%#8917BD
Lighter +10%#68128F
Darker −10%#260635
Darker −20%#050107
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4B006E
Less saturated −25%#421A54

Channel breakdown

R71
G12
B98
Red71 (27.8%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue281.16°
Saturation (HSL)78.18%
Lightness21.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 0C · B 62

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