#472C96#472C96

#472C96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.163 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472C96
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 150)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 70.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.69, 39.60, -53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.69, 66.93, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% 0.051 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.163 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0026, 5.3425, 29.4051)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472C96 #7B962C

analogous

#2C4696 #472C96 #7C2C96

triadic

#472C96 #96472C #2C9647

tetradic

#472C96 #962C46 #7B962C #2C967C

square

#472C96 #962C46 #7B962C #2C967C

split-complementary

#472C96 #967C2C #46962C

monochromatic

#1A1037 #311E67 #472C96 #5D3AC5 #8469D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#472C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#472C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472C96

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472C96	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.163 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267b6',
    500: '#472c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472c96;
$custom-light: #8267b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.283,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39392,
    "c": 0.16309,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472C96

secondary

#A4BA64

accent

#DE4AB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472C96

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

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