#472B8D#472B8D

#472B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.153 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B8D
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.71, 37.47, -50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.71, 62.48, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0535 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.153 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2688, 4.9901, 25.7216)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B8D #718D2B

analogous

#2B408D #472B8D #782B8D

triadic

#472B8D #8D472B #2B8D47

tetradic

#472B8D #8D2B40 #718D2B #2B8D78

square

#472B8D #8D2B40 #718D2B #2B8D78

split-complementary

#472B8D #8D782B #408D2B

monochromatic

#180E2F #2F1D5E #472B8D #5F39BC #8263CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#472B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#472B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B8D

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B8D	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.153 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166af',
    500: '#472b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b8d;
$custom-light: #8166af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38448,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B8D

secondary

#9DB65E

accent

#DD4BB3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B8D

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

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