#472BA8#472BA8

#472BA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.186 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472BA8
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 168)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.14, 45.54, -62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.14, 77.34, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.048 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.186 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5281, 5.8939, 37.6211)
Luminance	0.0590 (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

#472BA8 #8CA82B

analogous

#2B4EA8 #472BA8 #862BA8

triadic

#472BA8 #A8472B #2BA847

tetradic

#472BA8 #A82B4E #8CA82B #2BA886

square

#472BA8 #A82B4E #8CA82B #2BA886

split-complementary

#472BA8 #A8862B #4EA82B

monochromatic

#1E1247 #321F77 #472BA8 #6142CF #8A72DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#472BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#472BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472BA8

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472BA8	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#154E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.186 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568c3',
    500: '#472ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ba8;
$custom-light: #8568c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.44,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4093,
    "c": 0.18628,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472BA8

secondary

#AFC26C

accent

#E245BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472BA8

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

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