#472D9E#472D9E

#472D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.172 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472D9E
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.60, 41.46, -57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.60, 70.76, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0485 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.172 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7066, 5.6845, 32.9269)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472D9E #849E2D

analogous

#2D4C9E #472D9E #7F2D9E

triadic

#472D9E #9E472D #2D9E47

tetradic

#472D9E #9E2D4C #849E2D #2D9E7F

square

#472D9E #9E2D4C #849E2D #2D9E7F

split-complementary

#472D9E #9E7F2D #4C9E2D

monochromatic

#1C123F #321F6E #472D9E #5F40C9 #876FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#472D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#472D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472D9E

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472D9E	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.172 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368bc',
    500: '#472d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472d9e;
$custom-light: #8368bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.805,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40263,
    "c": 0.17187,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472D9E

secondary

#AABD69

accent

#DF49BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472D9E

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

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