#472D8D#472D8D

#472D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.150 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472D8D
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.13, 36.32, -49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.13, 61.25, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% 0.0514 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.15 290)
XYZ	xyz(8.3433, 5.1391, 25.7465)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472D8D #738D2D

analogous

#2D438D #472D8D #772D8D

triadic

#472D8D #8D472D #2D8D47

tetradic

#472D8D #8D2D43 #738D2D #2D8D77

square

#472D8D #8D2D43 #738D2D #2D8D77

split-complementary

#472D8D #8D772D #438D2D

monochromatic

#180F30 #301E5F #472D8D #5E3CBB #8266CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#472D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#472D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472D8D

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472D8D	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.150 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8168af',
    500: '#472d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472d8d;
$custom-light: #8168af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.25,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3875,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.05139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472D8D

secondary

#9EB561

accent

#DB4DB5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472D8D

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

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