Recognised as Colour

#472B83

#472B83
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#472B83 is a violet with RGB values 71, 43, 131 and HSL 259°, 51%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#472B83

RGBrgb(71, 43, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.1686, 0.5137

RGB percentages27.8%, 16.9%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(259.1, 50.6%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 67.2%, 51.4%)

CMYK45.8%, 67.2%, 0%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,664,195

CSS custom property--colour: #472B83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.82:1

Contrast with white10.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#B8D47C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003E86no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#003C81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Tritanopia#364053no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 10.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 11.3 Indigo · ΔE 19.8 Slate blue · ΔE 23.3 Purple · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 10.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#67832B

Analogous#2B3B83, #732B83

Triadic#83472B, #2B8347

Split complementary#83732B, #3B832B

Tetradic#832B3B, #67832B, #2B8373

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B19CDE

Lighter +30%#9375D2

Lighter +20%#744FC5

Lighter +10%#5C38A9

Darker −10%#321E5D

Darker −20%#1D1236

Darker −30%#090510

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3F1599

Less saturated −25%#4F416D

Channel breakdown

R71

G43

B131

Red71 (27.8%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue259.09°

Saturation (HSL)50.57%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 47 · G 2B · B 83

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