#474281
Royal Purple · dark cool blue
About #474281
#474281 is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 28% red, 26% green and 51% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 45% cyan, 49% magenta, 0% yellow and 49% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Royal Purple and Denim (ΔE 19.9); Denim comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #7C8142 — a moss tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #474281 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.88:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #474281?
#474281 is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 28% red, 26% green and 51% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 45% cyan, 49% magenta, 0% yellow and 49% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #474281?
Use white text. White on #474281 has a contrast ratio of 8.88:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #474281?
Its complementary colour is #7C8142, and analogous partners are #425C81 and #674281.