#472AB2#472AB2

#472AB2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.199 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472AB2
RGB	rgb(71, 42, 178)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.93, 49.02, -67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.93, 83.18, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.0461 -0.1937)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.199 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4599, 6.2091, 42.7054)
Luminance	0.0621 (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

#472AB2 #95B22A

analogous

#2A51B2 #472AB2 #8B2AB2

triadic

#472AB2 #B2472A #2AB247

tetradic

#472AB2 #B22A51 #95B22A #2AB28B

square

#472AB2 #B22A51 #95B22A #2AB28B

split-complementary

#472AB2 #B28B2A #51B22A

monochromatic

#1F134F #331E80 #472AB2 #6446D3 #8D77DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#472AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#472AB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472AB2

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472AB2	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 42, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.199 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767ca',
    500: '#472ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ab2;
$custom-light: #8767ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.794,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4178,
    "c": 0.19914,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472AB2

secondary

#B4C771

accent

#E543C2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472AB2

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

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