Recognised as Colour

#470D71

#470D71
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#470D71 is a violet with RGB values 71, 13, 113 and HSL 275°, 79%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#470D71

RGBrgb(71, 13, 113)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.051, 0.4431

RGB percentages27.8%, 5.1%, 44.3%

HSLhsl(274.8, 79.4%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.8, 88.5%, 44.3%)

CMYK37.2%, 88.5%, 0%, 55.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,656,497

CSS custom property--colour: #470D71;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0282WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.43:1

Contrast with white13.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#B8F28E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002D74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#002F6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Tritanopia#3F2A41no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 12 Midnight blue · ΔE 13.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.9 Purple · ΔE 20 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.3 Navy · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#37710D

Analogous#150D71, #710D69

Triadic#71470D, #0D7147

Split complementary#69710D, #0D7115

Tetradic#71150D, #37710D, #0D6971

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B05EEC

Lighter +30%#9A30E7

Lighter +20%#8018CC

Lighter +10%#64129F

Darker −10%#2A0843

Darker −20%#0E0216

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#49007E

Less saturated −25%#441D61

Channel breakdown

R71

G13

B113

Red71 (27.8%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue113 (44.3%)

Hue274.8°

Saturation (HSL)79.37%

Lightness24.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 47 · G 0D · B 71

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