#472C97#472C97

#472C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.164 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472C97
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.78, 39.90, -54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.78, 67.48, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0508 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.164 288)
XYZ	xyz(9.0835, 5.3749, 29.8310)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472C97 #7C972C

analogous

#2C4697 #472C97 #7C2C97

triadic

#472C97 #97472C #2C9747

tetradic

#472C97 #972C46 #7C972C #2C977C

square

#472C97 #972C46 #7C972C #2C977C

split-complementary

#472C97 #977C2C #46972C

monochromatic

#1A1038 #311E68 #472C97 #5E3AC6 #856AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#472C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#472C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472C97

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472C97	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.164 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267b7',
    500: '#472c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472c97;
$custom-light: #8267b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.14,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39482,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.05375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472C97

secondary

#A5BA65

accent

#DE4AB9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472C97

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

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