#472CB2#472CB2

#472CB2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.197 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472CB2
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 178)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.29, 48.01, -66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.29, 82.11, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% 0.0448 -0.192)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.197 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5326, 6.3545, 42.7297)
Luminance	0.0635 (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

#472CB2 #97B22C

analogous

#2C54B2 #472CB2 #8A2CB2

triadic

#472CB2 #B2472C #2CB247

tetradic

#472CB2 #B22C54 #97B22C #2CB28A

square

#472CB2 #B22C54 #97B22C #2CB28A

split-complementary

#472CB2 #B28A2C #54B22C

monochromatic

#201450 #332081 #472CB2 #6549D2 #8E7ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#472CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#472CB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472CB2

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472CB2	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.197 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769ca',
    500: '#472cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472cb2;
$custom-light: #8769ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.09,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4203,
    "c": 0.19717,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472CB2

secondary

#B6C673

accent

#E444C3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472CB2

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

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