#472C9E#472C9E

#472C9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.173 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472C9E
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 158)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.40, 42.01, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.40, 71.35, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% 0.0494 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.173 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6689, 5.6091, 32.9143)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472C9E #839E2C

analogous

#2C4A9E #472C9E #802C9E

triadic

#472C9E #9E472C #2C9E47

tetradic

#472C9E #9E2C4A #839E2C #2C9E80

square

#472C9E #9E2C4A #839E2C #2C9E80

split-complementary

#472C9E #9E802C #4A9E2C

monochromatic

#1C113E #311F6E #472C9E #5F3EC9 #876ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#472C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#472C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472C9E

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472C9E	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.173 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468bc',
    500: '#472c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472c9e;
$custom-light: #8468bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.211,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40122,
    "c": 0.17303,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472C9E

secondary

#A9BE68

accent

#E048BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472C9E

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

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