#472A98#472A98

#472A98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.168 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A98
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 152)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.47, 41.31, -55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.47, 69.21, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.0524 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.168 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0923, 5.2621, 30.2363)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A98 #7B982A

analogous

#2A4498 #472A98 #7E2A98

triadic

#472A98 #98472A #2A9847

tetradic

#472A98 #982A44 #7B982A #2A987E

square

#472A98 #982A44 #7B982A #2A987E

split-complementary

#472A98 #987E2A #44982A

monochromatic

#1A1038 #311D68 #472A98 #5D37C8 #8467D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#472A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#472A98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A98

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A98	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.168 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366b7',
    500: '#472a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a98;
$custom-light: #8366b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.818,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3929,
    "c": 0.16796,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A98

secondary

#A4BB62

accent

#E048B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A98

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

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