#470f5f

Color #470f5f

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 16.6 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#470f5f

RGB

rgb(71, 15, 95)

HSL

hsl(282, 72.7%, 21.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282, 84.2%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 84.2%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(17.95, 38.91, -34.76)

LCH

lch(17.95, 52.18, 318.22)

OKLCH

oklch(31%, 0.1344, 312.95)

HWB

hwb(282, 5.9%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#275f0f

Analogous

#1f0f5f

#470f5f

#5f0f4f

Triadic

#470f5f

#5f470f

#0f5f47

Split-complementary

#470f5f

#4f5f0f

#0f5f1f

Tetradic

#470f5f

#5f0f27

#275f0f

#0f5f47

Square

#470f5f

#5f1f0f

#275f0f

#0f4f5f

Shades

Color #470f5f mixed toward black.

#3b0d4f

#2f0a3f

#240830

#180520

#0c0310

Tints

Color #470f5f mixed toward white.

#721899

#9d21d2

#b852e4

#d08ced

#e7c5f6

Tones

Color #470f5f mixed toward gray.

#441658

#421c52

#3f234b

#3c2a44

#3a303e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.5:1

White text reads better on this background (13.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#373654 · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#393c51 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#454947 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 24.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #470f5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#470f5f]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#470f5f (#470f5f) is rgb(71, 15, 95) in RGB.

No, #470f5f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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