#472AA4#472AA4

#472AA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.183 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472AA4
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, 44.88, -61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 75.75, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0497 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.183 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1253, 5.6753, 35.6767)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.60

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472AA4 #87A42A

analogous

#2A4AA4 #472AA4 #842AA4

triadic

#472AA4 #A4472A #2AA447

tetradic

#472AA4 #A42A4A #87A42A #2AA484

square

#472AA4 #A42A4A #87A42A #2AA484

split-complementary

#472AA4 #A4842A #4AA42A

monochromatic

#1D1143 #321E73 #472AA4 #603ECD #886EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#472AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#472AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472AA4

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472AA4	1.00	9.84	2.14	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.183 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567c0',
    500: '#472aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472aa4;
$custom-light: #8567c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.262,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40415,
    "c": 0.18254,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472AA4

secondary

#ACC169

accent

#E245BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472AA4

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

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