Colour

#470F6D

#470F6D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#470F6D is a violet with RGB values 71, 15, 109 and HSL 276°, 76%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#470F6D

RGBrgb(71, 15, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.0588, 0.4275

RGB percentages27.8%, 5.9%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(275.7, 75.8%, 24.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 86.2%, 42.7%)

CMYK34.9%, 86.2%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,657,005

CSS custom property--colour: #470F6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02785WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness54.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.49:1

Contrast with white13.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#B8F092

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002D6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#002F6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Tritanopia#40293Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.7 Indigo · ΔE 14.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.9 Purple · ΔE 20.6 Navy · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#356D0F

Analogous#180F6D, #6D0F64

Triadic#6D470F, #0F6D47

Split complementary#646D0F, #0F6D18

Tetradic#6D180F, #356D0F, #0F646D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B15FE9

Lighter +30%#9B32E3

Lighter +20%#811BC7

Lighter +10%#64159A

Darker −10%#2A0940

Darker −20%#0D0313

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4A007C

Less saturated −25%#441F5E

Channel breakdown

R71

G15

B109

Red71 (27.8%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue275.74°

Saturation (HSL)75.81%

Lightness24.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 47 · G 0F · B 6D

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