#472C8E#472C8E

#472C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.153 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472C8E
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 37.20, -50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 62.44, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.0523 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.153 290)
XYZ	xyz(8.3803, 5.0936, 26.1275)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472C8E #738E2C

analogous

#2C428E #472C8E #782C8E

triadic

#472C8E #8E472C #2C8E47

tetradic

#472C8E #8E2C42 #738E2C #2C8E78

square

#472C8E #8E2C42 #738E2C #2C8E78

split-complementary

#472C8E #8E782C #428E2C

monochromatic

#180F31 #301E5F #472C8E #5E3ABD #8265CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#472C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#472C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472C8E

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472C8E	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.153 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8167b0',
    500: '#472c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472c8e;
$custom-light: #8167b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.531,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38685,
    "c": 0.15298,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.05094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472C8E

secondary

#9EB660

accent

#DC4CB4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472C8E

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

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