#472D87#472D87

#472D87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.143 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472D87
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 135)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.64, 34.51, -46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.64, 57.82, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.0522 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.143 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9089, 4.9654, 23.4587)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472D87 #6D872D

analogous

#2D4087 #472D87 #742D87

triadic

#472D87 #87472D #2D8747

tetradic

#472D87 #872D40 #6D872D #2D8774

square

#472D87 #872D40 #6D872D #2D8774

split-complementary

#472D87 #87742D #40872D

monochromatic

#170E2B #2F1E59 #472D87 #5F3CB5 #8163CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#472D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#472D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472D87

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472D87	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.143 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067ab',
    500: '#472d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472d87;
$custom-light: #8067ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38242,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472D87

secondary

#9AB25E

accent

#DA4EB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472D87

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

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