#472AA0#472AA0

#472AA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.178 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472AA0
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 160)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 73.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 43.69, -59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 73.59, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.03% 0.0507 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(40.03% 0.178 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7698, 5.5331, 33.8041)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472AA0 #83A02A

analogous

#2A48A0 #472AA0 #822AA0

triadic

#472AA0 #A0472A #2AA047

tetradic

#472AA0 #A02A48 #83A02A #2AA082

square

#472AA0 #A02A48 #83A02A #2AA082

split-complementary

#472AA0 #A0822A #48A02A

monochromatic

#1C113F #311D70 #472AA0 #5F3CCC #876CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#472AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#472AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472AA0

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472AA0	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.178 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467bd',
    500: '#472aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472aa0;
$custom-light: #8467bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.746,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40035,
    "c": 0.17772,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472AA0

secondary

#A9BF67

accent

#E246BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472AA0

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

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