#472CA8#472CA8

#472CA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.185 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472CA8
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 168)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 73.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.33, 45.02, -62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.33, 76.78, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0472 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.185 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5649, 5.9675, 37.6333)
Luminance	0.0597 (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

#472CA8 #8DA82C

analogous

#2C4FA8 #472CA8 #852CA8

triadic

#472CA8 #A8472C #2CA847

tetradic

#472CA8 #A82C4F #8DA82C #2CA885

square

#472CA8 #A82C4F #8DA82C #2CA885

split-complementary

#472CA8 #A8852C #4FA82C

monochromatic

#1E1347 #331F78 #472CA8 #6243CE #8A74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#472CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#472CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472CA8

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472CA8	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#144E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.185 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568c3',
    500: '#472ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ca8;
$custom-light: #8568c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.065,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41062,
    "c": 0.18522,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472CA8

secondary

#B0C26E

accent

#E246C0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472CA8

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

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