Information about #473F6B color

#473F6B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#473F6B falls into the Blue Color Family — Mild Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(71, 63, 107) — 27.8% red, 24.7% green, 42% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 14 / 17 / 0 / 58. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #473F6B reads as a moderately toned deep-sea blue and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Meteorite (#4A3B6A). Slightly further away sit Wave Rider (#413F6E) and Corn Flower Blue (#42426F).

In RGB terms — rgb(71, 63, 107) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 9.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #473F6B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#473F6B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#473F6B color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#473F6B color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#383154

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#2A253F

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Black

#000000

#473F6B color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#666279

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Grey

#808080

#473F6B color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#3E476A

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#473F6B 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.

Complementary color schemes
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#626A3E
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#4C6A3E
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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.

Analogous color scheme
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#3E4C6A
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#6A463E
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#3E6A46
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#6A3E62
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#626A3E
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#3E6A46
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#6A3E4C
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#626A3E
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#3E6A5C
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Nearest named colors to #473F6B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Meteorite color link
Meteorite

#4A3B6A

Wave Rider color link
Wave Rider

#413F6E

Corn Flower Blue color link
Corn Flower Blue

#42426F

Pastel Dark Blue color link
Pastel Dark Blue

#3D426B

Adventure color link
Adventure

#414062

Old Glory Blue color link
Old Glory Blue

#3C3B6E

Digital Blue color link
Digital Blue

#3E4163

Port Gore color link
Port Gore

#3B436C

American Blue color link
American Blue

#3B3B6D

Funtasia color link
Funtasia

#4C3371

Fairground color link
Fairground

#483A79

Dotcom color link
Dotcom

#41415D

#473F6B color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#473F6B
  • RGB71, 63, 107
  • CMYK14, 17, 0, 58
  • CSSrgb(71, 63, 107)
  • HSL251°, 26%, 33%
  • HSL Precise250.909°, 25.882%, 33.333%
  • HSV251°, 41%, 42%
  • HSB251°, 41%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.278
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.247
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.420
  • GLSLvec3(0.278, 0.247, 0.420)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.278, 0.247, 0.420, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.278, 0.247, 0.420)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB27.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB24.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB42%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID473F6B
  • DECIMAL ID4669291
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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