#472A71#472A71

#472A71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.118 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A71
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 113)
HSL	hsl(265, 46%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 62.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.28, 29.85, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.28, 46.99, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.0576 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.118 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4064, 4.1877, 16.0904)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A71 #54712A

analogous

#2A3171 #472A71 #6A2A71

triadic

#472A71 #71472A #2A7147

tetradic

#472A71 #712A31 #54712A #2A716A

square

#472A71 #712A31 #54712A #2A716A

split-complementary

#472A71 #716A2A #31712A

monochromatic

#0F0918 #2B1944 #472A71 #633B9E #8155C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#472A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#472A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A71

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A71	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11396F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.118 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d659a',
    500: '#472a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a71;
$custom-light: #7d659a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.507,
    "s": 45.806,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35999,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A71

secondary

#83A354

accent

#D552A0

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A71

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

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