#472BA2#472BA2

#472BA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.179 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472BA2
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 162)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, 43.75, -59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 74.11, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% 0.0494 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.179 286)
XYZ	xyz(9.9820, 5.6754, 34.7449)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472BA2 #86A22B

analogous

#2B4AA2 #472BA2 #832BA2

triadic

#472BA2 #A2472B #2BA247

tetradic

#472BA2 #A22B4A #86A22B #2BA283

square

#472BA2 #A22B4A #86A22B #2BA283

split-complementary

#472BA2 #A2832B #4AA22B

monochromatic

#1D1141 #321E72 #472BA2 #603ECC #886FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#472BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#472BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472BA2

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472BA2	1.00	9.84	2.14	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.179 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467bf',
    500: '#472ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ba2;
$custom-light: #8467bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40358,
    "c": 0.17904,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.05676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472BA2

secondary

#ABC069

accent

#E147BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472BA2

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

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