#472CA7#472CA7

#472CA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.184 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472CA7
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 167)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 73.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 44.72, -61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 76.24, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% 0.0474 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.184 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4721, 5.9304, 37.1446)
Luminance	0.0593 (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

#472CA7 #8CA72C

analogous

#2C4FA7 #472CA7 #852CA7

triadic

#472CA7 #A7472C #2CA747

tetradic

#472CA7 #A72C4F #8CA72C #2CA785

square

#472CA7 #A72C4F #8CA72C #2CA785

split-complementary

#472CA7 #A7852C #4FA72C

monochromatic

#1E1246 #321F77 #472CA7 #6143CD #8A73DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#472CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#472CA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472CA7

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472CA7	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#164E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.184 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568c2',
    500: '#472ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ca7;
$custom-light: #8568c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 58.294,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40967,
    "c": 0.18402,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472CA7

secondary

#AFC26D

accent

#E246BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472CA7

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

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