#472AA9#472AA9

#472AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.189 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472AA9
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 46.36, -63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 78.43, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0485 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.189 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5857, 5.8595, 38.1016)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472AA9 #8CA92A

analogous

#2A4DA9 #472AA9 #872AA9

triadic

#472AA9 #A9472A #2AA947

tetradic

#472AA9 #A92A4D #8CA92A #2AA987

square

#472AA9 #A92A4D #8CA92A #2AA987

split-complementary

#472AA9 #A9872A #4DA92A

monochromatic

#1E1247 #321E78 #472AA9 #6141D0 #8A72DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#472AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#472AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472AA9

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472AA9	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#134D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.189 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667c4',
    500: '#472aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472aa9;
$custom-light: #8667c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.701,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40897,
    "c": 0.18852,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472AA9

secondary

#AFC36C

accent

#E344BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472AA9

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

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