#472CA5#472CA5

#472CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.182 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472CA5
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, 44.12, -60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 75.16, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.0479 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.182 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2887, 5.8570, 36.1784)
Luminance	0.0586 (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

#472CA5 #8AA52C

analogous

#2C4EA5 #472CA5 #832CA5

triadic

#472CA5 #A5472C #2CA547

tetradic

#472CA5 #A52C4E #8AA52C #2CA583

square

#472CA5 #A52C4E #8AA52C #2CA583

split-complementary

#472CA5 #A5832C #4EA52C

monochromatic

#1D1244 #321F75 #472CA5 #6142CD #8972D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#472CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#472CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472CA5

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472CA5	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.182 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568c1',
    500: '#472ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ca5;
$custom-light: #8568c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.388,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40777,
    "c": 0.18159,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472CA5

secondary

#AEC16C

accent

#E147BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472CA5

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

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