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Recognised as Colour

#47424E

  • #47424E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#47424E is a violet with RGB values 71, 66, 78 and HSL 265°, 8%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#47424E#47424E
HEX#47424E
RGBrgb(71, 66, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.2588, 0.3059
RGB percentages27.8%, 25.9%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(265, 8.3%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265, 15.4%, 30.6%)
CMYK9%, 15.4%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,670,030
CSS custom property--colour: #47424E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.73:1
Contrast with white9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#B8BDB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#40444Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#41444Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#464446no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.9Dim grey · ΔE 17.5Slate grey · ΔE 25.3Gray · ΔE 26Light slate grey · ΔE 28.3Black · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 16.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#494E42
Analogous#42434E, #4D424E
Triadic#4E4742, #424E47
Split complementary#4E4D42, #434E42
Tetradic#4E4243, #494E42, #424E4D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADA7B5
Lighter +30%#938C9D
Lighter +20%#797185
Lighter +10%#60596A
Darker −10%#2E2B32
Darker −20%#151317
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#443060
Less saturated −25%#484848

Channel breakdown

R71
G66
B78
Red71 (27.8%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue265°
Saturation (HSL)8.33%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 42 · B 4E

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