#472BAE#472BAE

#472BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.193 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472BAE
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.72, 47.33, -65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.72, 80.54, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% 0.0465 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.193 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1000, 6.1226, 40.6331)
Luminance	0.0612 (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

#472BAE #92AE2B

analogous

#2B51AE #472BAE #882BAE

triadic

#472BAE #AE472B #2BAE47

tetradic

#472BAE #AE2B51 #92AE2B #2BAE88

square

#472BAE #AE2B51 #92AE2B #2BAE88

split-complementary

#472BAE #AE882B #51AE2B

monochromatic

#1F134C #331F7D #472BAE #6345D1 #8C76DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#472BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#472BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472BAE

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472BAE	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.193 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c7',
    500: '#472bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472bae;
$custom-light: #8668c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.824,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41511,
    "c": 0.19344,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472BAE

secondary

#B3C570

accent

#E444C1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472BAE

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

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