#472B9C#472B9C

#472B9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.172 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B9C
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.03, 41.96, -57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.03, 70.83, 306.32°)
OKLab	oklab(39.8% 0.0507 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(39.8% 0.172 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4614, 5.4672, 32.0028)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B9C #809C2B

analogous

#2B489C #472B9C #802B9C

triadic

#472B9C #9C472B #2B9C47

tetradic

#472B9C #9C2B48 #809C2B #2B9C80

square

#472B9C #9C2B48 #809C2B #2B9C80

split-complementary

#472B9C #9C802B #489C2B

monochromatic

#1B113C #311E6C #472B9C #5E3BC9 #866BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#472B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#472B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B9C

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B9C	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.172 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367ba',
    500: '#472b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b9c;
$custom-light: #8367ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.867,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39798,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B9C

secondary

#A7BD66

accent

#E048BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B9C

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

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