Information about #472168 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #472168 reads as a clearly saturated blue-purple violet and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to AILeadingPlume (#4F276D). Slightly further away sit Hallmark Purple (#452C63) and Dancing Queen (#4A2D68).
The recipe behind #472168 is rgb(71, 33, 104), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 12.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #472168 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#472168 color variations
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#472168 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#472168 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#472168 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#472168 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#472168 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #472168 color
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Nearest named colors to #472168
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#4F276D
#452C63
#4A2D68
#482E6A
#382161
#3A2860
#3B2A60
#4D2759
#372561
#381769
#462C77
#3E3267
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#472168
- RGB71, 33, 104
- CMYK13, 28, 0, 59
- CSSrgb(71, 33, 104)
- HSL272°, 52%, 27%
- HSL Precise272.113°, 51.825%, 26.863%
- HSV272°, 68%, 41%
- HSB272°, 68%, 41%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.278
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.129
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.408
- GLSLvec3(0.278, 0.129, 0.408)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.278, 0.129, 0.408, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.278, 0.129, 0.408)
- Percentage of Red in RGB27.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB12.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB40.8%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID472168
- DECIMAL ID4661608
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
