#472BA5#472BA5

#472BA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.183 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472BA5
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 73.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, 44.65, -61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 75.73, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.0487 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.183 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2519, 5.7834, 36.1661)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472BA5 #89A52B

analogous

#2B4CA5 #472BA5 #842BA5

triadic

#472BA5 #A5472B #2BA547

tetradic

#472BA5 #A52B4C #89A52B #2BA584

square

#472BA5 #A52B4C #89A52B #2BA584

split-complementary

#472BA5 #A5842B #4CA52B

monochromatic

#1D1244 #321E74 #472BA5 #6040CD #8971DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#472BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#472BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472BA5

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472BA5	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.183 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567c1',
    500: '#472ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ba5;
$custom-light: #8567c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.77,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40643,
    "c": 0.18268,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472BA5

secondary

#ADC16B

accent

#E246BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472BA5

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

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