#472A8D#472A8D

#472A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.154 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A8D
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(258, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 38.04, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 63.09, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.3% 0.0546 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(38.3% 0.154 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2329, 4.9183, 25.7097)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A8D #708D2A

analogous

#2A3E8D #472A8D #782A8D

triadic

#472A8D #8D472A #2A8D47

tetradic

#472A8D #8D2A3E #708D2A #2A8D78

square

#472A8D #8D2A3E #708D2A #2A8D78

split-complementary

#472A8D #8D782A #3E8D2A

monochromatic

#180E2F #2F1C5E #472A8D #5F38BC #8261D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#472A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#472A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A8D

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A8D	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.154 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166af',
    500: '#472a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a8d;
$custom-light: #8166af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.576,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.383,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A8D

secondary

#9CB65D

accent

#DD4AB2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A8D

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

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