#472CA0#472CA0

#472CA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.175 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472CA0
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 160)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 72.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 42.61, -58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 72.44, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.049 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.175 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8425, 5.6785, 33.8283)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472CA0 #85A02C

analogous

#2C4BA0 #472CA0 #812CA0

triadic

#472CA0 #A0472C #2CA047

tetradic

#472CA0 #A02C4B #85A02C #2CA081

square

#472CA0 #A02C4B #85A02C #2CA081

split-complementary

#472CA0 #A0812C #4BA02C

monochromatic

#1C1240 #321F70 #472CA0 #5F3FCA #876FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#472CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#472CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472CA0

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472CA0	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.175 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468bd',
    500: '#472ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ca0;
$custom-light: #8468bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.966,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40308,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472CA0

secondary

#ABBF69

accent

#E048BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472CA0

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

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