#472BB3#472BB3

#472BB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.199 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472BB3
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 179)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 76%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.21, 48.81, -67.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.21, 83.18, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.0452 -0.1941)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.199 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5966, 6.3212, 43.2481)
Luminance	0.0632 (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

#472BB3 #97B32B

analogous

#2B53B3 #472BB3 #8B2BB3

triadic

#472BB3 #B3472B #2BB347

tetradic

#472BB3 #B32B53 #97B32B #2BB38B

square

#472BB3 #B32B53 #97B32B #2BB38B

split-complementary

#472BB3 #B38B2B #53B32B

monochromatic

#201350 #331F82 #472BB3 #6548D3 #8E79DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#472BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#472BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472BB3

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472BB3	1.00	9.27	2.26	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.199 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768cb',
    500: '#472bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472bb3;
$custom-light: #8768cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42002,
    "c": 0.19934,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472BB3

secondary

#B6C773

accent

#E443C3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472BB3

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

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