#472B85#472B85

#472B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.143 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B85
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, 35.09, -46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 57.94, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.76% 0.0547 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(37.76% 0.143 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6949, 4.7606, 22.6992)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B85 #69852B

analogous

#2B3C85 #472B85 #742B85

triadic

#472B85 #85472B #2B8547

tetradic

#472B85 #852B3C #69852B #2B8574

square

#472B85 #852B3C #69852B #2B8574

split-complementary

#472B85 #85742B #3C852B

monochromatic

#160D29 #2E1C57 #472B85 #603AB3 #815FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#472B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#472B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B85

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B85	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.143 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066a9',
    500: '#472b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b85;
$custom-light: #8066a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 51.136,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37762,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B85

secondary

#96B15B

accent

#DB4DAF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B85

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

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