#472A4E#472A4E

#472A4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.071 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A4E
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 78)
HSL	hsl(288, 30%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(288, 46%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 46.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.11, 20.57, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.11, 26.55, 320.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.69% 0.0543 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(33.69% 0.071 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8015, 3.5457, 7.6377)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A4E #314E2A

analogous

#352A4E #472A4E #4E2A43

triadic

#472A4E #4E472A #2A4E47

tetradic

#472A4E #4E352A #314E2A #2A434E

square

#472A4E #4E352A #314E2A #2A434E

split-complementary

#472A4E #434E2A #2A4E35

monochromatic

#120B14 #231526 #472A4E #6B3F76 #8F559E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#472A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#472A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A4E

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A4E	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25334F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C364D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.071 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b647f',
    500: '#472a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a4e;
$custom-light: #7b647f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33689,
    "c": 0.0713,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A4E

secondary

#5C8054

accent

#C66275

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#09050A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A4E

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

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