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Recognised as Colour

#472B7E

  • #472B7E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#472B7E is a violet with RGB values 71, 43, 126 and HSL 260°, 49%, 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

#472B7E#472B7E
HEX#472B7E
RGBrgb(71, 43, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.1686, 0.4941
RGB percentages27.8%, 16.9%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(260.2, 49.1%, 33.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.2, 65.9%, 49.4%)
CMYK43.7%, 65.9%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,664,190
CSS custom property--colour: #472B7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04574WCAG 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 10.97:1
Contrast with white10.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#B8D481

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#003B7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#383E50no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.8Midnight blue · ΔE 12Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.1Indigo · ΔE 22.1Slate blue · ΔE 25.2Purple · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#627E2B
Analogous#2B397E, #712B7E
Triadic#7E472B, #2B7E47
Split complementary#7E712B, #397E2B
Tetradic#7E2B39, #627E2B, #2B7E71

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B099DC
Lighter +30%#9273CF
Lighter +20%#744DC2
Lighter +10%#5C38A4
Darker −10%#321E58
Darker −20%#1C1132
Darker −30%#07040C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#401693
Less saturated −25%#4E4069

Channel breakdown

R71
G43
B126
Red71 (27.8%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue260.24°
Saturation (HSL)49.11%
Lightness33.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 2B · B 7E

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