#472CA4#472CA4

#472CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.180 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472CA4
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 43.82, -60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 74.62, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0481 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.18 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1980, 5.8207, 35.7009)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472CA4 #89A42C

analogous

#2C4DA4 #472CA4 #832CA4

triadic

#472CA4 #A4472C #2CA447

tetradic

#472CA4 #A42C4D #89A42C #2CA483

square

#472CA4 #A42C4D #89A42C #2CA483

split-complementary

#472CA4 #A4832C #4DA42C

monochromatic

#1D1243 #321F74 #472CA4 #6041CC #8971D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#472CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#472CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472CA4

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472CA4	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.180 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568c0',
    500: '#472ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ca4;
$custom-light: #8568c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40682,
    "c": 0.18037,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472CA4

secondary

#ADC06B

accent

#E147BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472CA4

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

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