#472BAB#472BAB

#472BAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.190 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472BAB
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 171)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 74.9%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.43, 46.44, -63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.43, 78.95, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.22% 0.0472 -0.1839)
OKLCH	oklch(41.22% 0.19 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8108, 6.0069, 39.1100)
Luminance	0.0601 (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

#472BAB #8FAB2B

analogous

#2B4FAB #472BAB #872BAB

triadic

#472BAB #AB472B #2BAB47

tetradic

#472BAB #AB2B4F #8FAB2B #2BAB87

square

#472BAB #AB2B4F #8FAB2B #2BAB87

split-complementary

#472BAB #AB872B #4FAB2B

monochromatic

#1E1249 #331F7A #472BAB #6243D0 #8B74DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#472BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#472BAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472BAB

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472BAB	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E4F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.190 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c5',
    500: '#472bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472bab;
$custom-light: #8668c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.125,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41219,
    "c": 0.18987,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472BAB

secondary

#B1C46E

accent

#E345C0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472BAB

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

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