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Recognised as Colour

#474A54

  • #474A54
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#474A54 is a blue with RGB values 71, 74, 84 and HSL 226°, 8%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#474A54#474A54
HEX#474A54
RGBrgb(71, 74, 84)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.2902, 0.3294
RGB percentages27.8%, 29%, 32.9%
HSLhsl(226.2, 8.4%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.2, 15.5%, 32.9%)
CMYK15.5%, 11.9%, 0%, 67.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,672,084
CSS custom property--colour: #474A54;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.84:1
Contrast with white8.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#B8B5AB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#474B54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#464A54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#444C4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.1Dim grey · ΔE 14.4Slate grey · ΔE 22Gray · ΔE 23Light slate grey · ΔE 25.1Black · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#545147
Analogous#475154, #4B4754
Triadic#54474A, #4A5447
Split complementary#544B47, #515447
Tetradic#544751, #545147, #47544A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADB0BA
Lighter +30%#9295A2
Lighter +20%#767B8B
Lighter +10%#5E6270
Darker −10%#303238
Darker −20%#18191D
Darker −30%#010101
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#344067
Less saturated −25%#4E4E4E

Channel breakdown

R71
G74
B84
Red71 (27.8%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue84 (32.9%)
Hue226.15°
Saturation (HSL)8.39%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 4A · B 54

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