#472D85#472D85

#472D85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.140 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472D85
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 133)
HSL	hsl(258, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(258, 66%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 66.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 33.91, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 56.67, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.0524 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.14 292)
XYZ	xyz(7.7694, 4.9096, 22.7240)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472D85 #6B852D

analogous

#2D3F85 #472D85 #732D85

triadic

#472D85 #85472D #2D8547

tetradic

#472D85 #852D3F #6B852D #2D8573

square

#472D85 #852D3F #6B852D #2D8573

split-complementary

#472D85 #85732D #3F852D

monochromatic

#160E2A #2F1E57 #472D85 #5F3CB3 #8162CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#472D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#472D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472D85

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472D85	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.140 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067a9',
    500: '#472d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472d85;
$custom-light: #8067a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.727,
    "s": 49.438,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38075,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.0491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472D85

secondary

#98B05D

accent

#D94FB0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472D85

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

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