#472AAE#472AAE

#472AAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.194 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472AAE
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 174)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, 47.84, -65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 81.08, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% 0.0472 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.194 284)
XYZ	xyz(11.0641, 6.0508, 40.6211)
Luminance	0.0605 (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

#472AAE #91AE2A

analogous

#2A4FAE #472AAE #892AAE

triadic

#472AAE #AE472A #2AAE47

tetradic

#472AAE #AE2A4F #91AE2A #2AAE89

square

#472AAE #AE2A4F #91AE2A #2AAE89

split-complementary

#472AAE #AE892A #4FAE2A

monochromatic

#1F124B #331E7D #472AAE #6343D2 #8C75DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#472AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#472AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472AAE

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472AAE	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#054F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.194 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667c7',
    500: '#472aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472aae;
$custom-light: #8667c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41385,
    "c": 0.19444,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.06052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472AAE

secondary

#B2C56F

accent

#E444C1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472AAE

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

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