#473da9

Color #473da9

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 12.12 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#473da9

RGB

rgb(71, 61, 169)

HSL

hsl(245.6, 47%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.6, 63.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(58%, 63.9%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(33.01, 35.53, -56.79)

LCH

lch(33.01, 66.99, 302.03)

OKLCH

oklch(43.7%, 0.1664, 281.2)

HWB

hwb(245.6, 23.9%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fa93d

Analogous

#3d69a9

#473da9

#7d3da9

Triadic

#473da9

#a9473d

#3da947

Split-complementary

#473da9

#a97d3d

#69a93d

Tetradic

#473da9

#a93d9f

#9fa93d

#3da947

Square

#473da9

#a93d69

#9fa93d

#3da97d

Shades

Color #473da9 mixed toward black.

#3b338d

#2f2971

#241e55

#181438

#0c0a1c

Tints

Color #473da9 mixed toward white.

#5e54c1

#7e76ce

#9e98da

#bebae6

#dfddf3

Tones

Color #473da9 mixed toward gray.

#4e46a0

#564f97

#5d588e

#646185

#6c6a7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.51:1

White text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#434398 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#434493 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#478884 · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 26.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #473da9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#473da9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#473da9 (#473da9) is rgb(71, 61, 169) in RGB.

No, #473da9 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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