#472BB4#472BB4

#472BB4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.201 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472BB4
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 180)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 76.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 49.11, -67.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 83.70, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.045 -0.1954)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.201 283)
XYZ	xyz(11.6981, 6.3618, 43.7827)
Luminance	0.0636 (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

#472BB4 #98B42B

analogous

#2B53B4 #472BB4 #8B2BB4

triadic

#472BB4 #B4472B #2BB447

tetradic

#472BB4 #B42B53 #98B42B #2BB48B

square

#472BB4 #B42B53 #98B42B #2BB48B

split-complementary

#472BB4 #B48B2B #53B42B

monochromatic

#201351 #341F83 #472BB4 #6549D3 #8F7ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#472BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#472BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472BB4

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472BB4	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.201 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768cc',
    500: '#472bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472bb4;
$custom-light: #8768cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.263,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42101,
    "c": 0.20052,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.06363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472BB4

secondary

#B6C773

accent

#E543C4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472BB4

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

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