#472879#472879

#472879 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.132 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472879
RGB	rgb(71, 40, 121)
HSL	hsl(263, 50%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 66.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 33.33, -41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 52.94, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0596 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.132 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8076, 4.2375, 18.5447)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472879 #5A7928

analogous

#283279 #472879 #702879

triadic

#472879 #794728 #287947

tetradic

#472879 #792832 #5A7928 #287970

square

#472879 #792832 #5A7928 #287970

split-complementary

#472879 #797028 #327928

monochromatic

#110A1D #2C194B #472879 #6237A7 #8055C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#472879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#472879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472879

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472879	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 40, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.132 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f64a0',
    500: '#472879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472879;
$custom-light: #7f64a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.963,
    "s": 50.311,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36306,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472879

secondary

#89AB52

accent

#DA4EA4

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #472879

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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