#472C79#472C79

#472C79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.126 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472C79
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 121)
HSL	hsl(261, 47%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(261, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 63.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.32, 30.95, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.32, 50.35, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.0546 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.126 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9495, 4.5213, 18.5920)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472C79 #5E792C

analogous

#2C3779 #472C79 #6E2C79

triadic

#472C79 #79472C #2C7947

tetradic

#472C79 #792C37 #5E792C #2C796E

square

#472C79 #792C37 #5E792C #2C796E

split-complementary

#472C79 #796E2C #37792C

monochromatic

#120B1F #2D1C4C #472C79 #613CA6 #805CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#472C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#472C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472C79

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472C79	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.126 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e66a0',
    500: '#472c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472c79;
$custom-light: #7e66a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.039,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36947,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472C79

secondary

#8DAA57

accent

#D651A8

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #472C79

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

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