#472DA5#472DA5

#472DA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.180 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472DA5
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 165)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 72.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 43.58, -60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 74.59, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0471 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.18 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3264, 5.9324, 36.1909)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472DA5 #8BA52D

analogous

#2D4FA5 #472DA5 #832DA5

triadic

#472DA5 #A5472D #2DA547

tetradic

#472DA5 #A52D4F #8BA52D #2DA583

square

#472DA5 #A52D4F #8BA52D #2DA583

split-complementary

#472DA5 #A5832D #4FA52D

monochromatic

#1E1345 #322075 #472DA5 #6143CC #8973D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#472DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#472DA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472DA5

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472DA5	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.180 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569c1',
    500: '#472da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472da5;
$custom-light: #8569c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40913,
    "c": 0.18049,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472DA5

secondary

#AEC16D

accent

#E047BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472DA5

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

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