#472A99#472A99

#472A99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.169 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A99
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 153)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 72.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.56, 41.61, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.56, 69.76, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(39.38% 0.0522 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(39.38% 0.169 288)
XYZ	xyz(9.1746, 5.2950, 30.6694)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A99 #7C992A

analogous

#2A4499 #472A99 #7E2A99

triadic

#472A99 #99472A #2A9947

tetradic

#472A99 #992A44 #7C992A #2A997E

square

#472A99 #992A44 #7C992A #2A997E

split-complementary

#472A99 #997E2A #44992A

monochromatic

#1A1039 #311D69 #472A99 #5E38C8 #8568D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#472A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#472A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A99

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A99	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.169 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366b8',
    500: '#472a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a99;
$custom-light: #8366b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.676,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39382,
    "c": 0.16919,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.05295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A99

secondary

#A5BC63

accent

#E048B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A99

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

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