#472B90#472B90

#472B90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.157 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B90
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 144)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 70.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.96, 38.37, -51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.96, 64.17, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.053 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.157 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4950, 5.0806, 26.9132)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B90 #74902B

analogous

#2B4190 #472B90 #7A2B90

triadic

#472B90 #90472B #2B9047

tetradic

#472B90 #902B41 #74902B #2B907A

square

#472B90 #902B41 #74902B #2B907A

split-complementary

#472B90 #907A2B #41902B

monochromatic

#190F32 #301D61 #472B90 #5E39BF #8365D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#472B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#472B90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B90

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B90	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.157 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8167b1',
    500: '#472b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b90;
$custom-light: #8167b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.634,
    "s": 54.011,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38711,
    "c": 0.15679,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B90

secondary

#9FB760

accent

#DD4AB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B90

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

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