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#470BFA

#470bfa ≈ Ultramarine

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#470bfa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 4.31% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.6% cyan, 95.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 255.06°, with 95.98% saturation and 51.18% 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 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ultramarine (#3f00ff), ΔE 0.74.

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Relative luminance0.0848

Complementary

  1. #470bfa
  2. #befa0b

Split complementary

  1. #470bfa
  2. #fabe0b
  3. #47fa0b

Analogous

  1. #0b47fa
  2. #470bfa
  3. #be0bfa

Triadic

  1. #470bfa
  2. #fa470b
  3. #0bfa47

Tetradic

  1. #470bfa
  2. #fa0bbe
  3. #befa0b
  4. #0bfa47

Square

  1. #470bfa
  2. #fa0b47
  3. #befa0b
  4. #0bfabe

Monochromatic

  1. #1c026a
  2. #3004b5
  3. #470bfa
  4. #8056fc
  5. #b8a1fd

Shades

#470bfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #470bfa
  2. #400ae1
  3. #3909c8
  4. #3208af
  5. #2b0796
  6. #24067d
  7. #1c0464
  8. #15034b
  9. #0e0232
  10. #070119
  11. #000000

Tints

#470bfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #470bfa
  2. #5923fb
  3. #6c3cfb
  4. #7e54fc
  5. #916dfc
  6. #a385fd
  7. #b59dfd
  8. #c8b6fe
  9. #dacefe
  10. #ede7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#470bfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #470bfa
  2. #4d17ee
  3. #5222e2
  4. #582ed5
  5. #5e3ac9
  6. #6446bd
  7. #6951b1
  8. #6f5da5
  9. #756998
  10. #7a748c
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #525252 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4e41b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #005bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0048f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006893 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0048fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0039f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0052c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-470bfa {
  color: #470bfa;
}
Background
.bg-470bfa {
  background-color: #470bfa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-470bfa {
  border: 2px solid #470bfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #470bfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 11 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 96% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-470bfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #470bfa, #be0bfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-470bfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 11 250 / 0.35);
}

#3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 0.74 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 1.50 #0000ff Blue ΔE 2.87 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 4.21 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 8.05 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.62 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.16 #b8f405 Inverted #525252 Grayscale 

Ultramarine
#470bfa  rgb(71, 11, 250)  hsl(255, 96%, 51%)  Ultramarine
#befa0b  rgb(190, 250, 11)  hsl(75, 96%, 51%)  Electric Lime
#fa470b  rgb(250, 71, 11)  hsl(15, 96%, 51%)  Orange Red
#0bfa47  rgb(11, 250, 71)  hsl(135, 96%, 51%)  Lime