#472A86#472A86

#472A86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.145 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A86
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 134)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 68.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 35.96, -46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 59.13, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0557 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.145 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7284, 4.7165, 23.0528)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A86 #69862A

analogous

#2A3B86 #472A86 #752A86

triadic

#472A86 #86472A #2A8647

tetradic

#472A86 #862A3B #69862A #2A8675

square

#472A86 #862A3B #69862A #2A8675

split-complementary

#472A86 #86752A #3B862A

monochromatic

#160D29 #2E1B57 #472A86 #6039B5 #815ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#472A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#472A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A86

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A86	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.145 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066aa',
    500: '#472a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a86;
$custom-light: #8066aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.913,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37694,
    "c": 0.1454,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A86

secondary

#96B25A

accent

#DC4CAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A86

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

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