#472CB1#472CB1

#472CB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.196 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472CB1
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 177)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 75.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.19, 47.71, -66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.19, 81.58, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.045 -0.1907)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.196 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4326, 6.3145, 42.2028)
Luminance	0.0631 (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

#472CB1 #96B12C

analogous

#2C54B1 #472CB1 #892CB1

triadic

#472CB1 #B1472C #2CB147

tetradic

#472CB1 #B12C54 #96B12C #2CB189

square

#472CB1 #B12C54 #96B12C #2CB189

split-complementary

#472CB1 #B1892C #54B12C

monochromatic

#20144F #332080 #472CB1 #6449D2 #8E7ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#472CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#472CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472CB1

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472CB1	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.196 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769c9',
    500: '#472cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472cb1;
$custom-light: #8769c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.18,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41932,
    "c": 0.19599,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472CB1

secondary

#B5C673

accent

#E344C3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472CB1

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

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