#472D88#472D88

#472D88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.144 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472D88
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 136)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 66.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.72, 34.81, -46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.72, 58.39, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.0521 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.144 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9796, 4.9937, 23.8312)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472D88 #6E882D

analogous

#2D4088 #472D88 #742D88

triadic

#472D88 #88472D #2D8847

tetradic

#472D88 #882D40 #6E882D #2D8874

square

#472D88 #882D40 #6E882D #2D8874

split-complementary

#472D88 #88742D #40882D

monochromatic

#170F2C #2F1E5A #472D88 #5F3CB6 #8164CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#472D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#472D88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472D88

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472D88	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.144 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067ab',
    500: '#472d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472d88;
$custom-light: #8067ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 50.276,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38325,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472D88

secondary

#9AB25F

accent

#DA4EB2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472D88

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

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