#472C8A#472C8A

#472C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.148 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472C8A
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.67, 36.00, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.67, 60.17, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.34% 0.0529 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(38.34% 0.148 291)
XYZ	xyz(8.0854, 4.9756, 24.5742)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472C8A #6F8A2C

analogous

#2C408A #472C8A #762C8A

triadic

#472C8A #8A472C #2C8A47

tetradic

#472C8A #8A2C40 #6F8A2C #2C8A76

square

#472C8A #8A2C40 #6F8A2C #2C8A76

split-complementary

#472C8A #8A762C #408A2C

monochromatic

#170E2D #2F1D5C #472C8A #5F3BB8 #8263CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#472C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#472C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472C8A

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472C8A	1.00	10.53	2.00	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.148 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067ad',
    500: '#472c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472c8a;
$custom-light: #8067ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.234,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3834,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.04976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472C8A

secondary

#9BB45E

accent

#DB4DB2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472C8A

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

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