#472A97#472A97

#472A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.167 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A97
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.38, 41.01, -55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.38, 68.66, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.2% 0.0526 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(39.2% 0.167 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0108, 5.2295, 29.8068)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A97 #7A972A

analogous

#2A4497 #472A97 #7D2A97

triadic

#472A97 #97472A #2A9747

tetradic

#472A97 #972A44 #7A972A #2A977D

square

#472A97 #972A44 #7A972A #2A977D

split-complementary

#472A97 #977D2A #44972A

monochromatic

#1A0F37 #301D67 #472A97 #5E37C7 #8467D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#472A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#472A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A97

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A97	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.167 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366b7',
    500: '#472a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a97;
$custom-light: #8366b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.963,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39198,
    "c": 0.16673,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A97

secondary

#A3BB62

accent

#E048B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A97

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

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