#472A7E#472A7E

#472A7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.135 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A7E
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 126)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 33.61, -42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 54.55, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.0567 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.135 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1914, 4.5017, 20.2246)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.67

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A7E #617E2A

analogous

#2A377E #472A7E #712A7E

triadic

#472A7E #7E472A #2A7E47

tetradic

#472A7E #7E2A37 #617E2A #2A7E71

square

#472A7E #7E2A37 #617E2A #2A7E71

split-complementary

#472A7E #7E712A #377E2A

monochromatic

#130B22 #2D1B50 #472A7E #6139AC #805AC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#472A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#472A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A7E

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A7E	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.135 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f65a4',
    500: '#472a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a7e;
$custom-light: #7f65a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37025,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A7E

secondary

#8FAE56

accent

#DA4EA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A7E

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

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