#472B71#472B71

#472B71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.116 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B71
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 113)
HSL	hsl(264, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(264, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 61.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.51, 29.24, -35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.51, 46.32, 309.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.17% 0.0563 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(36.17% 0.116 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4423, 4.2595, 16.1023)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B71 #55712B

analogous

#2B3271 #472B71 #6A2B71

triadic

#472B71 #71472B #2B7147

tetradic

#472B71 #712B32 #55712B #2B716A

square

#472B71 #712B32 #55712B #2B716A

split-complementary

#472B71 #716A2B #32712B

monochromatic

#0F0918 #2B1A45 #472B71 #633C9D #8157BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#472B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#472B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B71

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B71	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.116 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d669a',
    500: '#472b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b71;
$custom-light: #7d669a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 44.872,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36167,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B71

secondary

#84A355

accent

#D553A1

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B71

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

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