#472d69

Color #472d69

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.9 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#472d69

RGB

rgb(71, 45, 105)

HSL

hsl(266, 40%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266, 57.1%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.4%, 57.1%, 0%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(24.44, 25.73, -30.88)

LCH

lch(24.44, 40.19, 309.8)

OKLCH

oklch(35.9%, 0.1022, 301.43)

HWB

hwb(266, 17.6%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4f692d

Analogous

#2d3169

#472d69

#652d69

Triadic

#472d69

#69472d

#2d6947

Split-complementary

#472d69

#69652d

#31692d

Tetradic

#472d69

#692d4f

#4f692d

#2d6947

Square

#472d69

#692d31

#4f692d

#2d6965

Shades

Color #472d69 mixed toward black.

#3b2557

#2f1e46

#231634

#180f23

#0c0711

Tints

Color #472d69 mixed toward white.

#633f93

#8157b7

#a081c9

#c0abdb

#dfd5ed

Tones

Color #472d69 mixed toward gray.

#483264

#48375f

#493c5a

#4a4155

#4a4650

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.85:1

White text reads better on this background (11.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3d3d5f · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#3f405c · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#465553 · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#3a3a3a · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #472d69;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#472d69]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#472d69 (#472d69) is rgb(71, 45, 105) in RGB.

No, #472d69 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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