#473a4e

Color #473a4e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#473a4e

RGB

rgb(71, 58, 78)

HSL

hsl(279, 14.7%, 26.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279, 25.6%, 30.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 25.6%, 0%, 69.4%)

LAB

lab(26.49, 10.07, -10.03)

LCH

lch(26.49, 14.21, 315.11)

OKLCH

oklch(37%, 0.0376, 313.71)

HWB

hwb(279, 22.7%, 69.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#414e3a

Analogous

#3d3a4e

#473a4e

#4e3a4b

Triadic

#473a4e

#4e473a

#3a4e47

Split-complementary

#473a4e

#4b4e3a

#3a4e3d

Tetradic

#473a4e

#4e3a41

#414e3a

#3a4e47

Square

#473a4e

#4e3d3a

#414e3a

#3a4b4e

Shades

Color #473a4e mixed toward black.

#3b3041

#2f2734

#241d27

#18131a

#0c0a0d

Tints

Color #473a4e mixed toward white.

#685572

#887095

#a694af

#c3b8ca

#e1dbe4

Tones

Color #473a4e mixed toward gray.

#473c4c

#463d4b

#463f49

#454147

#454246

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.98:1

White text reads better on this background (10.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#42424a · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#424349 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#464645 · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#3f3f3f · ΔE 12.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #473a4e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#473a4e]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#473a4e (#473a4e) is rgb(71, 58, 78) in RGB.

No, #473a4e 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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