#472DA8#472DA8

#472DA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.184 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472DA8
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 168)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 73.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 44.48, -61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 76.22, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0464 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.184 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6026, 6.0429, 37.6459)
Luminance	0.0604 (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

#472DA8 #8EA82D

analogous

#2D51A8 #472DA8 #852DA8

triadic

#472DA8 #A8472D #2DA847

tetradic

#472DA8 #A82D51 #8EA82D #2DA885

square

#472DA8 #A82D51 #8EA82D #2DA885

split-complementary

#472DA8 #A8852D #51A82D

monochromatic

#1E1347 #332078 #472DA8 #6245CD #8B75DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#472DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#472DA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472DA8

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472DA8	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#144F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.184 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569c3',
    500: '#472da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472da8;
$custom-light: #8569c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.683,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41197,
    "c": 0.18415,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472DA8

secondary

#B0C26F

accent

#E147C0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472DA8

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

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