#472DAE#472DAE

#472DAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.191 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472DAE
RGB	rgb(71, 45, 174)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.09, 46.29, -64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.09, 79.44, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.045 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.191 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.1745, 6.2716, 40.6579)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.05

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472DAE #94AE2D

analogous

#2D53AE #472DAE #872DAE

triadic

#472DAE #AE472D #2DAE47

tetradic

#472DAE #AE2D53 #94AE2D #2DAE87

square

#472DAE #AE2D53 #94AE2D #2DAE87

split-complementary

#472DAE #AE872D #53AE2D

monochromatic

#1F144D #33207D #472DAE #6448D0 #8D79DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#472DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#472DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472DAE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472DAE	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05516B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 45, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.191 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669c7',
    500: '#472dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472dae;
$custom-light: #8669c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.093,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4177,
    "c": 0.19139,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472DAE

secondary

#B4C472

accent

#E246C3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472DAE

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

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