#472DA3#472DA3

#472DA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.178 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472DA3
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 163)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 72.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 42.97, -59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 73.50, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% 0.0475 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.178 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1458, 5.8601, 35.2397)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.32

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472DA3 #89A32D

analogous

#2D4EA3 #472DA3 #822DA3

triadic

#472DA3 #A3472D #2DA347

tetradic

#472DA3 #A32D4E #89A32D #2DA382

square

#472DA3 #A32D4E #89A32D #2DA382

split-complementary

#472DA3 #A3822D #4EA32D

monochromatic

#1D1343 #322073 #472DA3 #6042CB #8972D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#472DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#472DA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472DA3

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472DA3	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.178 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468bf',
    500: '#472da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472da3;
$custom-light: #8468bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.22,
    "s": 56.731,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40726,
    "c": 0.17804,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472DA3

secondary

#ADC06C

accent

#E048BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472DA3

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

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