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#470ADA

#470ada ≈ Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#470ada is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 3.92% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.43% cyan, 95.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 257.6°, with 91.23% saturation and 44.71% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 4.13.

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Relative luminance0.0662

Complementary

  1. #470ada
  2. #9dda0a

Split complementary

  1. #470ada
  2. #daaf0a
  3. #35da0a

Analogous

  1. #0a35da
  2. #470ada
  3. #af0ada

Triadic

  1. #470ada
  2. #da470a
  3. #0ada47

Tetradic

  1. #470ada
  2. #da0a9d
  3. #9dda0a
  4. #0ada47

Square

  1. #470ada
  2. #da0a35
  3. #9dda0a
  4. #0adaaf

Monochromatic

  1. #170348
  2. #2f0791
  3. #470ada
  4. #723bf6
  5. #a684f9

Shades

#470ada mixed progressively with black.

  1. #470ada
  2. #4009c4
  3. #3908ae
  4. #320799
  5. #2b0683
  6. #24056d
  7. #1c0457
  8. #150341
  9. #0e022c
  10. #070116
  11. #000000

Tints

#470ada mixed progressively with white.

  1. #470ada
  2. #5923de
  3. #6c3be1
  4. #7e54e5
  5. #916ce9
  6. #a385ed
  7. #b59df0
  8. #c8b6f4
  9. #dacef8
  10. #ede7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#470ada mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #470ada
  2. #4d16d1
  3. #5222c8
  4. #582dbf
  5. #5e39b6
  6. #6445ad
  7. #6951a4
  8. #6f5d9b
  9. #756892
  10. #7a7489
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #494949 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #483999 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004fdf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0041d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005a80 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003edd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0033d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0046ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-470ada {
  color: #470ada;
}
Background
.bg-470ada {
  background-color: #470ada;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-470ada {
  border: 2px solid #470ada;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #470ada;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 10 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 91% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-470ada {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #470ada, #af0ada);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-470ada {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 10 218 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 4.13 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 4.14 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.86 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 4.96 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.07 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 8.47 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 9.01 #b8f525 Inverted #494949 Grayscale 

Blue
#470ada  rgb(71, 10, 218)  hsl(258, 91%, 45%)  Blue
#9dda0a  rgb(157, 218, 10)  hsl(78, 91%, 45%)  Yellow Green
#da470a  rgb(218, 71, 10)  hsl(18, 91%, 45%)  Sinopia
#0ada47  rgb(10, 218, 71)  hsl(138, 91%, 45%)  Malachite