#472A9E#472A9E

#472A9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.175 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472A9E
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 73.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.02, 43.09, -58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.02, 72.50, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% 0.0511 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.175 287)
XYZ	xyz(9.5962, 5.4636, 32.8901)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472A9E #819E2A

analogous

#2A479E #472A9E #812A9E

triadic

#472A9E #9E472A #2A9E47

tetradic

#472A9E #9E2A47 #819E2A #2A9E81

square

#472A9E #9E2A47 #819E2A #2A9E81

split-complementary

#472A9E #9E812A #479E2A

monochromatic

#1C103D #311D6E #472A9E #5F3ACB #866BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#472A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#472A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472A9E

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472A9E	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.175 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466bc',
    500: '#472a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472a9e;
$custom-light: #8466bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39847,
    "c": 0.1753,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.05464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472A9E

secondary

#A8BE66

accent

#E147BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472A9E

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

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