#472C81#472C81

#472C81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.136 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472C81
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 129)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 65.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.94, 33.31, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.94, 55.00, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.59% 0.054 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(37.59% 0.136 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4606, 4.7257, 21.2837)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472C81 #66812C

analogous

#2C3C81 #472C81 #722C81

triadic

#472C81 #81472C #2C8147

tetradic

#472C81 #812C3C #66812C #2C8172

square

#472C81 #812C3C #66812C #2C8172

split-complementary

#472C81 #81722C #3C812C

monochromatic

#150D26 #2E1C53 #472C81 #603CAF #805FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#472C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#472C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472C81

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472C81	1.00	10.80	1.95	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.136 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f67a6',
    500: '#472c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472c81;
$custom-light: #7f67a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.059,
    "s": 49.133,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37587,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472C81

secondary

#94AF5A

accent

#D94FAD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472C81

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

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