#472B8A#472B8A

#472B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.149 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B8A
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 36.58, -48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 60.79, 306.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.054 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.149 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0486, 4.9020, 24.5619)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B8A #6E8A2B

analogous

#2B3F8A #472B8A #762B8A

triadic

#472B8A #8A472B #2B8A47

tetradic

#472B8A #8A2B3F #6E8A2B #2B8A76

square

#472B8A #8A2B3F #6E8A2B #2B8A76

split-complementary

#472B8A #8A762B #3F8A2B

monochromatic

#170E2D #2F1C5B #472B8A #5F3AB9 #8161CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#472B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#472B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B8A

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B8A	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.149 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166ad',
    500: '#472b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b8a;
$custom-light: #8166ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.684,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38188,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B8A

secondary

#9AB45D

accent

#DC4CB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B8A

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

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