#474147

sRGB: 71 / 65 / 71

#474147 belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 71 red, 65 green and 71 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 300.0° lands in the magenta region. Its 4.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 26.7% 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 (9.93:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 71, 65, 71
HSL: 300.00°, 4.41%, 26.67%
HSV / HSB: 300.00°, 8.45%, 27.84%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 8.45%, 0.00%, 72.16%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 5.626, 5.575, 6.741
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 28.314, 3.851, -2.711
WCAG relative luminance: 0.05575
24-bit decimal: 4669767

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 #474147 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: 2.12:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 9.93:1

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.

Reference: 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

#414741 sits half a turn (180°) from #474147 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.

#474147 #414741

Analogous

#444147 and #474144 sit 30° to either side of #474147. 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.

#444147 #474147 #474144

Triadic

#474147, #474741 and #414747 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#474147 #474741 #414747

Split complementary

Start at #474147 and look across the wheel. #444741 and #414744 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#474147 #444741 #414744

Square

Starting with #474147, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #474441, #414741, then #414447. Across the square, #474147 pairs with #414741, and #474441 with #414447.

#474147 #474441 #414741 #414447

Tetradic

#474147 and #414741 are opposites, as are #474141 and #414747. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#474147 #474141 #414741 #414747

Tints

Mixing #474147 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6C676C, keeps 80% of the original. By #DAD9DA, the mixture is 80% white.

#474147 #6C676C #918D91 #B5B3B5 #DAD9DA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #474147 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #393439, keeps 80% of the original. By #0E0D0E, the mixture is 80% black.

#474147 #393439 #2B272B #1C1A1C #0E0D0E #000000

Tones

Mixing #474147 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #524E52, keeps 80% of the original. By #757375, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#474147 #524E52 #5E5A5E #696769 #757375 #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

#474147

RGB

rgb(71 65 71)

HSL

hsl(300.000 4.412% 26.667%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #474147;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#474147 uses 71 red, 65 green and 71 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 27.8%

Green 25.5%

Blue 27.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #474147 is 0.0% cyan, 8.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 72.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 8.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 72.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #444444. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #444 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #474147 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #333333, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #444444 Nearest web-safe: #333333

Gradient to complement

#474147 #464246 #454345 #444444 #434543 #424642 #414741

Color vision previews

Compare how #474147 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.

#414247

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.

#424347

Tritanopia

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

#474143

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.

#434247

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.

#434247

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#474146

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#434343

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.

#454245

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.05286 B 0.06301

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 0.27442 G 0.25572 B 0.27681

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.06121 G 0.05320 B 0.06228

CIE xyY

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

x 0.314 y 0.311 Y 5.575

CMY

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

C % 72.157 M % 74.510 Y % 72.157

Binary RGB

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

01000111 01000001 01000111