#472B68#472B68

#472B68 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.104 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B68
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 104)
HSL	hsl(268, 41%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 59%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 58.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.89, 26.70, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.89, 41.00, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(35.51% 0.0562 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(35.51% 0.104 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9605, 4.0668, 13.5650)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 8.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B68 #4C682B

analogous

#2B2E68 #472B68 #662B68

triadic

#472B68 #68472B #2B6847

tetradic

#472B68 #682B2E #4C682B #2B6866

square

#472B68 #682B2E #4C682B #2B6866

split-complementary

#472B68 #68662B #2E682B

monochromatic

#0F0916 #29193D #472B68 #653D93 #8355B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#472B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#472B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B68

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B68	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13386A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.104 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c6593',
    500: '#472b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b68;
$custom-light: #7c6593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.541,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35512,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B68

secondary

#7A9A55

accent

#D15699

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B68

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

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