#472CA1#472CA1

#472CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.177 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472CA1
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 42.91, -59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 72.99, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% 0.0488 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.177 286)
XYZ	xyz(9.9303, 5.7136, 34.2909)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472CA1 #86A12C

analogous

#2C4CA1 #472CA1 #812CA1

triadic

#472CA1 #A1472C #2CA147

tetradic

#472CA1 #A12C4C #86A12C #2CA181

square

#472CA1 #A12C4C #86A12C #2CA181

split-complementary

#472CA1 #A1812C #4CA12C

monochromatic

#1D1241 #321F71 #472CA1 #6040CB #8870D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#472CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#472CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472CA1

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472CA1	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.177 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468be',
    500: '#472ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ca1;
$custom-light: #8468be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40401,
    "c": 0.17671,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.05714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472CA1

secondary

#ABBF6A

accent

#E047BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472CA1

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

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