#472BB9#472BB9

#472BB9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.206 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472BB9
RGB	rgb(71, 43, 185)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 50.58, -69.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 86.31, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.0436 -0.2017)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.206 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2166, 6.5693, 46.5138)
Luminance	0.0657 (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

#472BB9 #9DB92B

analogous

#2B56B9 #472BB9 #8E2BB9

triadic

#472BB9 #B9472B #2BB947

tetradic

#472BB9 #B92B56 #9DB92B #2BB98E

square

#472BB9 #B92B56 #9DB92B #2BB98E

split-complementary

#472BB9 #B98E2B #56B92B

monochromatic

#211456 #341F87 #472BB9 #674CD5 #917EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#472BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#472BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472BB9

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472BB9	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 43, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.206 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868cf',
    500: '#472bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472bb9;
$custom-light: #8868cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.831,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.426,
    "c": 0.20635,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472BB9

secondary

#B9C976

accent

#E542C5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472BB9

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

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