#472A96#472A96

#472A96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.165 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A96
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 150)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 72%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.29, 40.71, -54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.29, 68.11, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% 0.0528 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.165 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9299, 5.1971, 29.3809)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A96 #79962A

analogous

#2A4396 #472A96 #7D2A96

triadic

#472A96 #96472A #2A9647

tetradic

#472A96 #962A43 #79962A #2A967D

square

#472A96 #962A43 #79962A #2A967D

split-complementary

#472A96 #967D2A #43962A

monochromatic

#1A0F36 #301D66 #472A96 #5E37C6 #8466D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#472A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#472A96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A96

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A96	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.165 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266b6',
    500: '#472a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a96;
$custom-light: #8266b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.111,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39107,
    "c": 0.16549,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A96

secondary

#A3BA61

accent

#E048B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A96

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

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