#472CB3#472CB3

#472CB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.198 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472CB3
RGB	rgb(71, 44, 179)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 48.31, -67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 82.64, 305.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.0445 -0.1933)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.198 283)
XYZ	xyz(11.6334, 6.3948, 43.2604)
Luminance	0.0640 (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

#472CB3 #98B32C

analogous

#2C54B3 #472CB3 #8A2CB3

triadic

#472CB3 #B3472C #2CB347

tetradic

#472CB3 #B32C54 #98B32C #2CB38A

square

#472CB3 #B32C54 #98B32C #2CB38A

split-complementary

#472CB3 #B38A2C #54B32C

monochromatic

#201451 #342082 #472CB3 #654AD2 #8F7BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#472CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#472CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472CB3

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472CB3	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 44, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.198 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769cb',
    500: '#472cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472cb3;
$custom-light: #8769cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42128,
    "c": 0.19836,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.06396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472CB3

secondary

#B6C774

accent

#E444C4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472CB3

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

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