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Recognised as Colour

#47185E

  • #47185E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#47185E is a violet with RGB values 71, 24, 94 and HSL 280°, 59%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#47185E#47185E
HEX#47185E
RGBrgb(71, 24, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.0941, 0.3686
RGB percentages27.8%, 9.4%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(280.3, 59.3%, 23.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 74.5%, 36.9%)
CMYK24.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,659,294
CSS custom property--colour: #47185E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness53.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.46:1
Contrast with white13.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#B8E7A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002C60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#11305Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Tritanopia#442739no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.7Midnight blue · ΔE 18.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.9Purple · ΔE 26.7Indigo · ΔE 27.2Dark magenta · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 17.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2F5E18
Analogous#24185E, #5E1852
Triadic#5E4718, #185E47
Split complementary#525E18, #185E24
Tetradic#5E2418, #2F5E18, #18525E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B469D9
Lighter +30%#A041CE
Lighter +20%#842DAF
Lighter +10%#662287
Darker −10%#280E35
Darker −20%#0A030D
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4C096D
Less saturated −25%#42274F

Channel breakdown

R71
G24
B94
Red71 (27.8%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue280.29°
Saturation (HSL)59.32%
Lightness23.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 18 · B 5E

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