#472A9C#472A9C

#472A9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.173 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A9C
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 73.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.83, 42.50, -57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.83, 71.41, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% 0.0516 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.173 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4255, 5.3953, 31.9908)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A9C #7F9C2A

analogous

#2A469C #472A9C #802A9C

triadic

#472A9C #9C472A #2A9C47

tetradic

#472A9C #9C2A46 #7F9C2A #2A9C80

square

#472A9C #9C2A46 #7F9C2A #2A9C80

split-complementary

#472A9C #9C802A #469C2A

monochromatic

#1B103C #311D6C #472A9C #5E39CA #856AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#472A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#472A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A9C

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A9C	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.173 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366ba',
    500: '#472a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a9c;
$custom-light: #8366ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.263,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3966,
    "c": 0.17286,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A9C

secondary

#A7BD65

accent

#E147BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A9C

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

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