#472D8A#472D8A

#472D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.147 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472D8A
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.88, 35.42, -47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.88, 59.54, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% 0.0519 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.147 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1231, 5.0510, 24.5868)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472D8A #708A2D

analogous

#2D418A #472D8A #752D8A

triadic

#472D8A #8A472D #2D8A47

tetradic

#472D8A #8A2D41 #708A2D #2D8A75

square

#472D8A #8A2D41 #708A2D #2D8A75

split-complementary

#472D8A #8A752D #418A2D

monochromatic

#180F2E #2F1E5C #472D8A #5F3CB8 #8265CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#472D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#472D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472D8A

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472D8A	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.147 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8068ad',
    500: '#472d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472d8a;
$custom-light: #8068ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.774,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38494,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472D8A

secondary

#9CB360

accent

#DA4DB3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472D8A

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

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