#472B87#472B87

#472B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.145 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B87
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 135)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 68.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.21, 35.68, -47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.21, 59.08, 307.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.0544 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.145 292)
XYZ	xyz(7.8344, 4.8164, 23.4338)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B87 #6B872B

analogous

#2B3D87 #472B87 #752B87

triadic

#472B87 #87472B #2B8747

tetradic

#472B87 #872B3D #6B872B #2B8775

square

#472B87 #872B3D #6B872B #2B8775

split-complementary

#472B87 #87752B #3D872B

monochromatic

#160D2A #2F1C59 #472B87 #5F3AB5 #8160CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#472B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#472B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B87

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B87	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.145 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066ab',
    500: '#472b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b87;
$custom-light: #8066ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37931,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.04817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B87

secondary

#98B25B

accent

#DB4DB0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B87

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

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