#4701AC

sRGB · 71 / 1 / 172

#4701AC belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 71 red, 1 green and 172 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 264.6° lands in the violet region. Its 98.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 33.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.24:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 71, 1, 172
HSL: 264.56°, 98.84%, 33.92%
HSV / HSB: 264.56°, 99.42%, 67.45%
CMYK (approx.): 58.72%, 99.42%, 0.00%, 32.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 10.055, 4.340, 39.339
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 24.764, 60.767, -72.153
WCAG relative luminance: 0.04340
24-bit decimal: 4653484

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #4701AC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 1.87:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 11.24:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#66AC01 sits half a turn (180°) from #4701AC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#4701AC #66AC01

Analogous

#0110AC and #9D01AC sit 30° to either side of #4701AC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#0110AC #4701AC #9D01AC

Triadic

#4701AC, #AC4701 and #01AC47 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#4701AC #AC4701 #01AC47

Split complementary

Start at #4701AC and look across the wheel. #AC9D01 and #10AC01 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#4701AC #AC9D01 #10AC01

Square

Starting with #4701AC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AC0110, #66AC01, then #01AC9D. Across the square, #4701AC pairs with #66AC01, and #AC0110 with #01AC9D.

#4701AC #AC0110 #66AC01 #01AC9D

Tetradic

#4701AC and #66AC01 are opposites, as are #AC0166 and #01AC47. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#4701AC #AC0166 #66AC01 #01AC47

Tints

Mixing #4701AC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6C34BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #DACCEE, the mixture is 80% white.

#4701AC #6C34BD #9167CD #B599DE #DACCEE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #4701AC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #39018A, keeps 80% of the original. By #0E0022, the mixture is 80% black.

#4701AC #39018A #2B0167 #1C0045 #0E0022 #000000

Tones

Mixing #4701AC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #521AA3, keeps 80% of the original. By #756789, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#4701AC #521AA3 #5E349A #694D92 #756789 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#4701AC

RGB

rgb(71 1 172)

HSL

hsl(264.561 98.844% 33.922%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #4701AC;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#4701AC uses 71 red, 1 green and 172 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 27.8%

Green 0.4%

Blue 67.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #4701AC is 58.7% cyan, 99.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 32.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 58.7%

Magenta 99.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 32.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #4400AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #40A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #4701AC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #4400AA Nearest web-safe · #330099

Gradient to complement

#4701AC #4C1E90 #513A73 #575757 #5C733A #61901E #66AC01

Color vision previews

Compare how #4701AC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#003EB0

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#0036A9

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#104363

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0031AE

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#002DAB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3C2697

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#3B3B3B

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#412983

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.06301 G 0.00030 B 0.41254

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.25249 G 0.03081 B 0.64742

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.05188 G 0.00239 B 0.37673

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.187 y 0.081 Y 4.340

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 72.157 M % 99.608 Y % 32.549

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01000111 00000001 10101100