#472B9F#472B9F

#472B9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.175 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472B9F
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 159)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 73%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 42.86, -58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 72.47, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(40.08% 0.0501 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(40.08% 0.175 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7185, 5.5700, 33.3572)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472B9F #839F2B

analogous

#2B499F #472B9F #812B9F

triadic

#472B9F #9F472B #2B9F47

tetradic

#472B9F #9F2B49 #839F2B #2B9F81

square

#472B9F #9F2B49 #839F2B #2B9F81

split-complementary

#472B9F #9F812B #499F2B

monochromatic

#1C113F #311E6F #472B9F #5F3DCA #876DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#472B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#472B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472B9F

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472B9F	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.175 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467bc',
    500: '#472b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472b9f;
$custom-light: #8467bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40077,
    "c": 0.17539,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472B9F

secondary

#A9BE67

accent

#E147BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472B9F

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

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