#472D9D#472D9D

#472D9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.171 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472D9D
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 157)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 71.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 41.16, -56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 70.21, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0487 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.171 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6209, 5.6502, 32.4754)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472D9D #839D2D

analogous

#2D4B9D #472D9D #7F2D9D

triadic

#472D9D #9D472D #2D9D47

tetradic

#472D9D #9D2D4B #839D2D #2D9D7F

square

#472D9D #9D2D4B #839D2D #2D9D7F

split-complementary

#472D9D #9D7F2D #4B9D2D

monochromatic

#1C123E #311F6D #472D9D #5F3FC8 #876FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#472D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#472D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472D9D

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472D9D	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.171 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368bb',
    500: '#472d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472d9d;
$custom-light: #8368bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.929,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40171,
    "c": 0.17063,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472D9D

secondary

#A9BD69

accent

#DF49BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472D9D

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

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