#473f4e

Color #473f4e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.04 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#473f4e

RGB

rgb(71, 63, 78)

HSL

hsl(272, 10.6%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272, 19.2%, 30.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 19.2%, 0%, 69.4%)

LAB

lab(27.97, 6.78, -7.8)

LCH

lch(27.97, 10.33, 311)

OKLCH

oklch(38.2%, 0.0272, 309.02)

HWB

hwb(272, 24.7%, 69.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#464e3f

Analogous

#3f3f4e

#473f4e

#4e3f4d

Triadic

#473f4e

#4e473f

#3f4e47

Split-complementary

#473f4e

#4d4e3f

#3f4e3f

Tetradic

#473f4e

#4e3f46

#464e3f

#3f4e47

Square

#473f4e

#4e3f3f

#464e3f

#3f4d4e

Shades

Color #473f4e mixed toward black.

#3b3441

#2f2a34

#231f27

#18151a

#0c0a0d

Tints

Color #473f4e mixed toward white.

#665a70

#857791

#a399ac

#c2bbc8

#e0dde3

Tones

Color #473f4e mixed toward gray.

#47404d

#47414b

#47434a

#474449

#464548

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.09:1

White text reads better on this background (10.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#44444b · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#44454a · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#474847 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#424242 · ΔE 9.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #473f4e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#473f4e]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#473f4e (#473f4e) is rgb(71, 63, 78) in RGB.

No, #473f4e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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