#473c4e

Color #473c4e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.14 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#473c4e

RGB

rgb(71, 60, 78)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 13%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 23.1%, 30.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 23.1%, 0%, 69.4%)

LAB

lab(27.08, 8.76, -9.15)

LCH

lch(27.08, 12.67, 313.75)

OKLCH

oklch(37.5%, 0.0334, 312.09)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 23.5%, 69.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#434e3c

Analogous

#3e3c4e

#473c4e

#4e3c4c

Triadic

#473c4e

#4e473c

#3c4e47

Split-complementary

#473c4e

#4c4e3c

#3c4e3e

Tetradic

#473c4e

#4e3c43

#434e3c

#3c4e47

Square

#473c4e

#4e3e3c

#434e3c

#3c4c4e

Shades

Color #473c4e mixed toward black.

#3b3241

#2f2834

#241e27

#18141a

#0c0a0d

Tints

Color #473c4e mixed toward white.

#675771

#877393

#a596ae

#c3b9c9

#e1dce4

Tones

Color #473c4e mixed toward gray.

#473e4d

#463f4b

#46414a

#464248

#454447

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.02:1

White text reads better on this background (10.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#42424a · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#434449 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#464746 · ΔE 12.9

Achromatopsia

#404040 · ΔE 11.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #473c4e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#473c4e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#473c4e (#473c4e) is rgb(71, 60, 78) in RGB.

No, #473c4e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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