#472B8B#472B8B

#472B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.150 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B8B
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.54, 36.87, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.54, 61.35, 306.94°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0538 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.15 291)
XYZ	xyz(8.1213, 4.9311, 24.9450)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B8B #6F8B2B

analogous

#2B3F8B #472B8B #772B8B

triadic

#472B8B #8B472B #2B8B47

tetradic

#472B8B #8B2B3F #6F8B2B #2B8B77

square

#472B8B #8B2B3F #6F8B2B #2B8B77

split-complementary

#472B8B #8B772B #3F8B2B

monochromatic

#170E2E #2F1D5C #472B8B #5F39BA #8262CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#472B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#472B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B8B

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B8B	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.150 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166ae',
    500: '#472b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b8b;
$custom-light: #8166ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38274,
    "c": 0.15045,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.04931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B8B

secondary

#9BB55D

accent

#DC4CB2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B8B

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

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