#472D9C#472D9C

#472D9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.169 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472D9C
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 156)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 71.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.42, 40.86, -56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.42, 69.66, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.08% 0.0489 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(40.08% 0.169 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5359, 5.6162, 32.0276)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472D9C #829C2D

analogous

#2D4B9C #472D9C #7F2D9C

triadic

#472D9C #9C472D #2D9C47

tetradic

#472D9C #9C2D4B #829C2D #2D9C7F

square

#472D9C #9C2D4B #829C2D #2D9C7F

split-complementary

#472D9C #9C7F2D #4B9C2D

monochromatic

#1C123D #311F6D #472D9C #5F3FC8 #866ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#472D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#472D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472D9C

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472D9C	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.169 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368ba',
    500: '#472d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472d9c;
$custom-light: #8368ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.054,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4008,
    "c": 0.16939,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472D9C

secondary

#A9BC68

accent

#DF49BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472D9C

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

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