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Recognised as Colour

#472C73

  • #472C73
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#472C73 is a violet with RGB values 71, 44, 115 and HSL 263°, 45%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#472C73#472C73
HEX#472C73
RGBrgb(71, 44, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.1725, 0.451
RGB percentages27.8%, 17.3%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(262.8, 44.7%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.8, 61.7%, 45.1%)
CMYK38.3%, 61.7%, 0%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,664,435
CSS custom property--colour: #472C73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.2:1
Contrast with white11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#B8D38C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#033B75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#113A71no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Tritanopia#3D3B4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.7Midnight blue · ΔE 16Rebecca purple · ΔE 19Indigo · ΔE 28.4Purple · ΔE 30.1Slate blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58732C
Analogous#2C3573, #6A2C73
Triadic#73472C, #2C7347
Split complementary#736A2C, #35732C
Tetradic#732C35, #58732C, #2C736A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AE95D6
Lighter +30%#9170C8
Lighter +20%#754BBA
Lighter +10%#5E3A98
Darker −10%#301E4E
Darker −20%#191029
Darker −30%#030204
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#421887
Less saturated −25%#4C405F

Channel breakdown

R71
G44
B115
Red71 (27.8%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue262.82°
Saturation (HSL)44.65%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 2C · B 73

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