#472D79#472D79

#472D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.124 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472D79
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 121)
HSL	hsl(261, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.55, 30.35, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.55, 49.68, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% 0.0534 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.124 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9872, 4.5967, 18.6046)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.36

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472D79 #5F792D

analogous

#2D3979 #472D79 #6D2D79

triadic

#472D79 #79472D #2D7947

tetradic

#472D79 #792D39 #5F792D #2D796D

square

#472D79 #792D39 #5F792D #2D796D

split-complementary

#472D79 #796D2D #39792D

monochromatic

#130C20 #2D1C4C #472D79 #613EA6 #805DC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#472D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#472D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472D79

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472D79	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.124 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e67a0',
    500: '#472d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472d79;
$custom-light: #7e67a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 45.783,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37113,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472D79

secondary

#8EA958

accent

#D552A9

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #472D79

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

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