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Recognised as Colour

#47176A

  • #47176A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#47176A is a violet with RGB values 71, 23, 106 and HSL 275°, 64%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#47176A#47176A
HEX#47176A
RGBrgb(71, 23, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.0902, 0.4157
RGB percentages27.8%, 9%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(274.7, 64.3%, 25.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.7, 78.3%, 41.6%)
CMYK33%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,659,050
CSS custom property--colour: #47176A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness55.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.14:1
Contrast with white13.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#B8E895

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002F6Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003168no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#412B3Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.6Indigo · ΔE 19.9Purple · ΔE 23Dark magenta · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A6A17
Analogous#1D176A, #6A1764
Triadic#6A4717, #176A47
Split complementary#646A17, #176A1D
Tetradic#6A1D17, #3A6A17, #17646A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AF6EDF
Lighter +30%#9844D6
Lighter +20%#7F29BE
Lighter +10%#632094
Darker −10%#2B0E40
Darker −20%#0F0516
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4A077A
Less saturated −25%#44275A

Channel breakdown

R71
G23
B106
Red71 (27.8%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue274.7°
Saturation (HSL)64.34%
Lightness25.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 17 · B 6A

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