#472A8E#472A8E

#472A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.156 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A8E
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.59, 38.33, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.59, 63.65, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.39% 0.0544 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(38.39% 0.156 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3076, 4.9482, 26.1033)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A8E #718E2A

analogous

#2A3F8E #472A8E #792A8E

triadic

#472A8E #8E472A #2A8E47

tetradic

#472A8E #8E2A3F #718E2A #2A8E79

square

#472A8E #8E2A3F #718E2A #2A8E79

split-complementary

#472A8E #8E792A #3F8E2A

monochromatic

#180E30 #2F1C5F #472A8E #5F38BD #8262D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#472A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#472A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A8E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A8E	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.156 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166b0',
    500: '#472a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a8e;
$custom-light: #8166b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38388,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A8E

secondary

#9DB65D

accent

#DE4AB3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A8E

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

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