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Recognised as Colour

#474DFF

  • #474DFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#474DFF is a blue with RGB values 71, 77, 255 and HSL 238°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#474DFF#474DFF
HEX#474DFF
RGBrgb(71, 77, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.302, 1
RGB percentages27.8%, 30.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(238, 100%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238, 72.2%, 100%)
CMYK72.2%, 69.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,673,023
CSS custom property--colour: #474DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.57:1
Contrast with white5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#B8B200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#007FA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 20.8Medium blue · ΔE 23.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.6Dark violet · ΔE 28.9Dark orchid · ΔE 30.3Blue · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 20.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF947
Analogous#47A9FF, #9D47FF
Triadic#FF474D, #4DFF47
Split complementary#FF9D47, #A9FF47
Tetradic#FF47A9, #FFF947, #47FF9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0E1FF
Lighter +20%#ADB0FF
Lighter +10%#7A7EFF
Darker −10%#141CFF
Darker −20%#0007E0
Darker −30%#0006AD
Darker −40%#00047A
More saturated +25%#474DFF
Less saturated −25%#5E63E8

Channel breakdown

R71
G77
B255
Red71 (27.8%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue238.04°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 4D · B FF

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