#472D8E#472D8E

#472D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.152 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472D8E
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.21, 36.62, -49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.21, 61.82, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% 0.0513 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.152 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4180, 5.1690, 26.1401)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472D8E #748E2D

analogous

#2D448E #472D8E #782D8E

triadic

#472D8E #8E472D #2D8E47

tetradic

#472D8E #8E2D44 #748E2D #2D8E78

square

#472D8E #8E2D44 #748E2D #2D8E78

split-complementary

#472D8E #8E782D #448E2D

monochromatic

#191031 #301E60 #472D8E #5E3CBC #8367CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#472D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#472D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472D8E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472D8E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.152 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8168b0',
    500: '#472d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472d8e;
$custom-light: #8168b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.082,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38836,
    "c": 0.15168,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472D8E

secondary

#9FB561

accent

#DB4CB5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472D8E

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

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