#472B95#472B95

#472B95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.163 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B95
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 149)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 71.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.40, 39.86, -53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.40, 66.97, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(39.16% 0.0521 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(39.16% 0.163 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8856, 5.2369, 28.9706)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B95 #79952B

analogous

#2B4495 #472B95 #7C2B95

triadic

#472B95 #95472B #2B9547

tetradic

#472B95 #952B44 #79952B #2B957C

square

#472B95 #952B44 #79952B #2B957C

split-complementary

#472B95 #957C2B #44952B

monochromatic

#1A1036 #301D66 #472B95 #5E39C4 #8467D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#472B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#472B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B95

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B95	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.163 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267b5',
    500: '#472b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b95;
$custom-light: #8267b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.849,
    "s": 55.208,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39158,
    "c": 0.16306,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B95

secondary

#A3BA62

accent

#DF49B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B95

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

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