#472BA4#472BA4

#472BA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.181 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472BA4
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 164)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 73.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 44.35, -60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 75.19, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.0489 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.181 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1612, 5.7471, 35.6886)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472BA4 #88A42B

analogous

#2B4CA4 #472BA4 #832BA4

triadic

#472BA4 #A4472B #2BA447

tetradic

#472BA4 #A42B4C #88A42B #2BA483

square

#472BA4 #A42B4C #88A42B #2BA483

split-complementary

#472BA4 #A4832B #4CA42B

monochromatic

#1D1243 #321E74 #472BA4 #603FCD #8870D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#472BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#472BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472BA4

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472BA4	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.181 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567c0',
    500: '#472ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ba4;
$custom-light: #8567c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.884,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40548,
    "c": 0.18147,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472BA4

secondary

#ADC16A

accent

#E246BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472BA4

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

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