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Colour

#472A80

  • #472A80
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#472A80 is a violet with RGB values 71, 42, 128 and HSL 260°, 51%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#472A80#472A80
HEX#472A80
RGBrgb(71, 42, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.1647, 0.502
RGB percentages27.8%, 16.5%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(260.2, 50.6%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.2, 67.2%, 50.2%)
CMYK44.5%, 67.2%, 0%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,663,936
CSS custom property--colour: #472A80;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.99:1
Contrast with white10.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#B8D57F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#003B7Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#373E51no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 10Midnight blue · ΔE 11.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.9Indigo · ΔE 20.4Slate blue · ΔE 24.3Purple · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63802A
Analogous#2A3880, #722A80
Triadic#80472A, #2A8047
Split complementary#80722A, #38802A
Tetradic#802A38, #63802A, #2A8072

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B099DD
Lighter +30%#9272D1
Lighter +20%#744CC4
Lighter +10%#5C37A6
Darker −10%#321D5A
Darker −20%#1C1133
Darker −30%#07040D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#401595
Less saturated −25%#4E3F6B

Channel breakdown

R71
G42
B128
Red71 (27.8%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue260.23°
Saturation (HSL)50.59%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 2A · B 80

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