#472AAB#472AAB

#472AAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.191 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472AAB
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 171)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 46.95, -64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 79.49, 306.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.09% 0.048 -0.1848)
OKLCH	oklch(41.09% 0.191 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7749, 5.9351, 39.0980)
Luminance	0.0594 (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

#472AAB #8EAB2A

analogous

#2A4EAB #472AAB #872AAB

triadic

#472AAB #AB472A #2AAB47

tetradic

#472AAB #AB2A4E #8EAB2A #2AAB87

square

#472AAB #AB2A4E #8EAB2A #2AAB87

split-complementary

#472AAB #AB872A #4EAB2A

monochromatic

#1E1249 #331E7A #472AAB #6242D1 #8B73DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#472AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#472AAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472AAB

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472AAB	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E4E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.191 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667c5',
    500: '#472aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472aab;
$custom-light: #8667c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.488,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41091,
    "c": 0.1909,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472AAB

secondary

#B0C46D

accent

#E444C0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472AAB

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

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