#472A8A#472A8A

#472A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.150 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A8A
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 37.15, -48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 61.40, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0551 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.15 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0127, 4.8302, 24.5500)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A8A #6D8A2A

analogous

#2A3D8A #472A8A #772A8A

triadic

#472A8A #8A472A #2A8A47

tetradic

#472A8A #8A2A3D #6D8A2A #2A8A77

square

#472A8A #8A2A3D #6D8A2A #2A8A77

split-complementary

#472A8A #8A772A #3D8A2A

monochromatic

#170D2C #2F1C5B #472A8A #5F38B9 #8160CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#472A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#472A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A8A

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A8A	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.150 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166ad',
    500: '#472a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a8a;
$custom-light: #8166ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.125,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38038,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A8A

secondary

#99B45B

accent

#DD4BB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A8A

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

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