#472AA5#472AA5

#472AA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.184 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472AA5
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 165)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 74.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 45.18, -61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 76.29, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0495 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.184 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2160, 5.7115, 36.1541)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.49

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472AA5 #88A52A

analogous

#2A4BA5 #472AA5 #842AA5

triadic

#472AA5 #A5472A #2AA547

tetradic

#472AA5 #A52A4B #88A52A #2AA584

square

#472AA5 #A52A4B #88A52A #2AA584

split-complementary

#472AA5 #A5842A #4BA52A

monochromatic

#1D1143 #321E74 #472AA5 #603ECE #886FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#472AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#472AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472AA5

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472AA5	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A4C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.184 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567c1',
    500: '#472aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472aa5;
$custom-light: #8567c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.146,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40511,
    "c": 0.18374,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472AA5

secondary

#ADC169

accent

#E345BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472AA5

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

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