#472CA6#472CA6

#472CA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.183 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472CA6
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 166)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.14, 44.42, -61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.14, 75.70, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.0477 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.183 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3801, 5.8935, 36.6596)
Luminance	0.0589 (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

#472CA6 #8BA62C

analogous

#2C4EA6 #472CA6 #842CA6

triadic

#472CA6 #A6472C #2CA647

tetradic

#472CA6 #A62C4E #8BA62C #2CA684

square

#472CA6 #A62C4E #8BA62C #2CA684

split-complementary

#472CA6 #A6842C #4EA62C

monochromatic

#1E1245 #321F76 #472CA6 #6142CD #8973DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#472CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#472CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472CA6

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472CA6	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#184D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.183 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568c1',
    500: '#472ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ca6;
$custom-light: #8568c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.279,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40872,
    "c": 0.1828,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472CA6

secondary

#AEC16D

accent

#E146BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472CA6

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

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