#472B8E#472B8E

#472B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.154 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B8E
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.79, 37.77, -50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.79, 63.05, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0534 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.154 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3435, 5.0200, 26.1153)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B8E #728E2B

analogous

#2B418E #472B8E #792B8E

triadic

#472B8E #8E472B #2B8E47

tetradic

#472B8E #8E2B41 #728E2B #2B8E79

square

#472B8E #8E2B41 #728E2B #2B8E79

split-complementary

#472B8E #8E792B #418E2B

monochromatic

#180F30 #301D5F #472B8E #5E39BD #8263D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#472B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#472B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B8E

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B8E	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.154 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166b0',
    500: '#472b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b8e;
$custom-light: #8166b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.97,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38535,
    "c": 0.15426,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B8E

secondary

#9DB65F

accent

#DD4BB4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B8E

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

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