#472CA9#472CA9

#472CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.186 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472CA9
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.42, 45.32, -62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.42, 77.32, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.16% 0.047 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(41.16% 0.186 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6585, 6.0049, 38.1258)
Luminance	0.0601 (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

#472CA9 #8EA92C

analogous

#2C50A9 #472CA9 #862CA9

triadic

#472CA9 #A9472C #2CA947

tetradic

#472CA9 #A92C50 #8EA92C #2CA986

square

#472CA9 #A92C50 #8EA92C #2CA986

split-complementary

#472CA9 #A9862C #50A92C

monochromatic

#1E1348 #331F78 #472CA9 #6244CE #8B74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#472CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#472CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472CA9

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472CA9	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.186 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568c4',
    500: '#472ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ca9;
$custom-light: #8568c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.96,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41158,
    "c": 0.18643,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472CA9

secondary

#B0C36E

accent

#E246C0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472CA9

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

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