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Recognised as Colour

#470CBC

  • #470CBC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#470CBC is a violet with RGB values 71, 12, 188 and HSL 260°, 88%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#470CBC#470CBC
HEX#470CBC
RGBrgb(71, 12, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.0471, 0.7373
RGB percentages27.8%, 4.7%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(260.1, 88%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.1, 93.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK62.2%, 93.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,656,316
CSS custom property--colour: #470CBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05233WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.26:1
Contrast with white10.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#B8F343

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0045C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003BB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Tritanopia#004C6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 15.1Blue violet · ΔE 16.7Dark blue · ΔE 19.5Dark violet · ΔE 19.8Dark orchid · ΔE 23.7Navy · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 15.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81BC0C
Analogous#0C29BC, #9F0CBC
Triadic#BC470C, #0CBC47
Split complementary#BC9F0C, #29BC0C
Tetradic#BC0C29, #81BC0C, #0CBC9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BB9BF9
Lighter +30%#9A6BF6
Lighter +20%#793BF3
Lighter +10%#590FEC
Darker −10%#35098C
Darker −20%#23065C
Darker −30%#11032C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4300C8
Less saturated −25%#4F25A3

Channel breakdown

R71
G12
B188
Red71 (27.8%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue260.11°
Saturation (HSL)88%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 0C · B BC

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