#473f55

Color #473f55

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.43 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#473f55

RGB

rgb(71, 63, 85)

HSL

hsl(261.8, 14.9%, 29%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.8, 25.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(28.25, 8.53, -11.94)

LCH

lch(28.25, 14.67, 305.54)

OKLCH

oklch(38.5%, 0.0381, 301.27)

HWB

hwb(261.8, 24.7%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4d553f

Analogous

#3f4255

#473f55

#523f55

Triadic

#473f55

#55473f

#3f5547

Split-complementary

#473f55

#55523f

#42553f

Tetradic

#473f55

#553f4d

#4d553f

#3f5547

Square

#473f55

#553f42

#4d553f

#3f5552

Shades

Color #473f55 mixed toward black.

#3b3447

#2f2a39

#231f2a

#18151c

#0c0a0e

Tints

Color #473f55 mixed toward white.

#645978

#817498

#a197b2

#c0bacc

#e0dce5

Tones

Color #473f55 mixed toward gray.

#474153

#484351

#48444f

#49464e

#49484c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.11:1

White text reads better on this background (9.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#444450 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#44454f · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#474c4b · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 12.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #473f55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#473f55]

Related colors

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Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#473f55 (#473f55) is rgb(71, 63, 85) in RGB.

No, #473f55 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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