#473b96

Color #473b96

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 7.88 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#473b96

RGB

rgb(71, 59, 150)

HSL

hsl(247.9, 43.5%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.9, 60.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.7%, 60.7%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(31.04, 30.62, -48.49)

LCH

lch(31.04, 57.35, 302.27)

OKLCH

oklch(41.8%, 0.1434, 284.34)

HWB

hwb(247.9, 23.1%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a963b

Analogous

#3b5d96

#473b96

#753b96

Triadic

#473b96

#96473b

#3b9647

Split-complementary

#473b96

#96753b

#5d963b

Tetradic

#473b96

#963b8a

#8a963b

#3b9647

Square

#473b96

#963b5d

#8a963b

#3b9675

Shades

Color #473b96 mixed toward black.

#3b317d

#2f2764

#241e4b

#181432

#0c0a19

Tints

Color #473b96 mixed toward white.

#594bb8

#7b6fc6

#9c93d4

#bdb7e3

#dedbf1

Tones

Color #473b96 mixed toward gray.

#4d438e

#524a87

#58527f

#5d5978

#636170

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.33:1

White text reads better on this background (9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#424287 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#434483 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#467976 · ΔE 32.2

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #473b96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#473b96]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#473b96 (#473b96) is rgb(71, 59, 150) in RGB.

No, #473b96 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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