Recognised as Colour

#47248D

#47248D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#47248D is a violet with RGB values 71, 36, 141 and HSL 260°, 59%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#47248D

RGBrgb(71, 36, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.1412, 0.5529

RGB percentages27.8%, 14.1%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(260, 59.3%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260, 74.5%, 55.3%)

CMYK49.6%, 74.5%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,662,413

CSS custom property--colour: #47248D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.02:1

Contrast with white11.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#B8DB72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003E90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003A8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Tritanopia#314056no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.3 Indigo · ΔE 11.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 13.7 Navy · ΔE 18.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.1 Slate blue · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A8D24

Analogous#24358D, #7B248D

Triadic#8D4724, #248D47

Split complementary#8D7C24, #368D24

Tetradic#8D2436, #6A8D24, #248D7C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B298E5

Lighter +30%#9370DA

Lighter +20%#7547D0

Lighter +10%#5B2EB6

Darker −10%#331A64

Darker −20%#1E0F3C

Darker −30%#0A0513

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#400EA3

Less saturated −25%#4E3A77

Channel breakdown

R71

G36

B141

Red71 (27.8%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue260°

Saturation (HSL)59.32%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 47 · G 24 · B 8D

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