#472A87#472A87

#472A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.147 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A87
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 135)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.99, 36.26, -47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.99, 59.70, 307.40°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.0555 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.147 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7985, 4.7445, 23.4219)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A87 #6A872A

analogous

#2A3B87 #472A87 #762A87

triadic

#472A87 #87472A #2A8747

tetradic

#472A87 #872A3B #6A872A #2A8776

square

#472A87 #872A3B #6A872A #2A8776

split-complementary

#472A87 #87762A #3B872A

monochromatic

#160D2A #2E1B58 #472A87 #6039B6 #815ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#472A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#472A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A87

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A87	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.147 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066ab',
    500: '#472a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a87;
$custom-light: #8066ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.71,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37779,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A87

secondary

#97B35A

accent

#DC4CAF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A87

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

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