#472BB1#472BB1

#472BB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.197 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472BB1
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 177)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 75.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.01, 48.22, -66.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.01, 82.12, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.0457 -0.1916)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.197 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3958, 6.2409, 42.1906)
Luminance	0.0624 (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

#472BB1 #95B12B

analogous

#2B52B1 #472BB1 #8A2BB1

triadic

#472BB1 #B1472B #2BB147

tetradic

#472BB1 #B12B52 #95B12B #2BB18A

square

#472BB1 #B12B52 #95B12B #2BB18A

split-complementary

#472BB1 #B18A2B #52B12B

monochromatic

#1F134F #331F80 #472BB1 #6447D2 #8D78DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#472BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#472BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472BB1

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472BB1	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00516C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.197 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768ca',
    500: '#472bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472bb1;
$custom-light: #8768ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.537,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41805,
    "c": 0.19698,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472BB1

secondary

#B4C672

accent

#E444C3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472BB1

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

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