#472B60#472B60

#472B60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.093 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B60
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 96)
HSL	hsl(272, 38%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 55%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 55.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 24.52, -26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 36.26, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0556 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.093 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5733, 3.9119, 11.5255)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B60 #44602B

analogous

#2D2B60 #472B60 #602B5F

triadic

#472B60 #60472B #2B6047

tetradic

#472B60 #602D2B #44602B #2B5F60

square

#472B60 #602D2B #44602B #2B5F60

split-complementary

#472B60 #5F602B #2B602D

monochromatic

#100915 #281836 #472B60 #663E8A #8553B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#472B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#472B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B60

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B60	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24385F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.093 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c658d',
    500: '#472b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b60;
$custom-light: #7c658d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 38.129,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34968,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B60

secondary

#729255

accent

#CE5A91

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#09050C

muted

#7B7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B60

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

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