#472A91#472A91

#472A91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.159 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A91
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 145)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 71%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.85, 39.22, -52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.85, 65.33, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% 0.0538 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.159 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5359, 5.0395, 27.3055)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A91 #74912A

analogous

#2A4191 #472A91 #7B2A91

triadic

#472A91 #91472A #2A9147

tetradic

#472A91 #912A41 #74912A #2A917B

square

#472A91 #912A41 #74912A #2A917B

split-complementary

#472A91 #917B2A #41912A

monochromatic

#190F32 #301C62 #472A91 #5E38C0 #8363D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#472A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#472A91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A91

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A91	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.159 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266b2',
    500: '#472a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a91;
$custom-light: #8266b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.893,
    "s": 55.08,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38655,
    "c": 0.15929,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A91

secondary

#9FB85F

accent

#DE49B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A91

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

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