Recognised as Colour

#470DED

#470DED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#470DED is a violet with RGB values 71, 13, 237 and HSL 256°, 90%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#470DED#470DED

HEX#470DED

RGBrgb(71, 13, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.051, 0.9294

RGB percentages27.8%, 5.1%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(255.5, 89.6%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.5, 94.5%, 92.9%)

CMYK70%, 94.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,656,621

CSS custom property--colour: #470DED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.24:1

Contrast with white8.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#B8F212

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0057F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Deuteranopia#0046EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Tritanopia#00638Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 106.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11.8 Blue · ΔE 13.2 Blue violet · ΔE 23.1 Dark violet · ΔE 26.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 38.1 Dark blue · ΔE 40.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B3ED0D

Analogous#0D43ED, #B70DED

Triadic#ED470D, #0DED47

Split complementary#EDB70D, #43ED0D

Tetradic#ED0D43, #B3ED0D, #0DEDB7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7CAFC

Lighter +30%#B29AF9

Lighter +20%#8E69F7

Lighter +10%#6939F4

Darker −10%#390ABD

Darker −20%#2A088C

Darker −30%#1C055C

Darker −40%#0D022C

More saturated +25%#4100FA

Less saturated −25%#562CCE

Channel breakdown

R71

G13

B237

Red71 (27.8%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue255.54°

Saturation (HSL)89.6%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 47 · G 0D · B ED

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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