#472A72#472A72

#472A72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.119 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A72
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 114)
HSL	hsl(264, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(264, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.36, 30.14, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.36, 47.57, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0576 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.119 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4630, 4.2104, 16.3885)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A72 #55722A

analogous

#2A3172 #472A72 #6B2A72

triadic

#472A72 #72472A #2A7247

tetradic

#472A72 #722A31 #55722A #2A726B

square

#472A72 #722A31 #55722A #2A726B

split-complementary

#472A72 #726B2A #31722A

monochromatic

#0F0919 #2B1A45 #472A72 #633A9F #8156C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#472A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#472A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A72

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A72	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.119 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e659b',
    500: '#472a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a72;
$custom-light: #7e659b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.167,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36075,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A72

secondary

#84A454

accent

#D652A1

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A72

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

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